ingot
noun/ˈɪŋɡət/
/ˈɪŋɡət/
- a solid piece of metal, especially gold or silver, usually like a brick in shapeOxford Collocations DictionaryIngot is used after these nouns:
- gold
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a mould in which metal is cast): perhaps from in + Old English goten, past participle of geotan ‘pour, cast’.Definitions on the go
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