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ingot

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/ˈɪŋɡət/ English

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noun

  1. A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.

verb

  1. To form (scraps of metal) into ingots.

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