noun

ingot

ING-gut/ˈɪŋɡət/

A block of metal cast for storage or further processing.

The gold ingot has tapered sides, rounded corners, and a shallow casting depression.

A small, neatly stacked group of cast gold ingots, with one separate foreground ingot showing its tapered sides, rounded corners and shallow casting depression.

Etymology

Probably combining “in” with a form meaning “poured,” ingot first named the mold into which metal was poured. The name then shifted from the container to the shaped mass of metal cast inside it.

In context

Paul's Garage10:17

here it is a purified can ingot for reference here is cast aluminum melted into ingot form

Get the Most Aluminum From Melting Cans

More examples

The vault holds stacks of gold ingots.
Workers roll the heated steel ingot into a thin sheet.
Each copper ingot cools in its mold before removal.

Forms

ingot · ingots

Similar words

bar: A long, solid piece that need not be cast.
billet: A metal piece prepared specifically for rolling or forging.