Ingot
WordNet
noun
(1) Metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
WiktionaryText
Etymology
ingot lit., "something poured in", from in- + got, gote "a flow, stream" from *gota, substantive derivative of ġēotan "to flow, pour". More at in, gut
Noun
- 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.