ingot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling

   The smelter poured the silver into an ingot.

Common collocations

• ingot iron Noun + noun

From Middle English ingot (“something poured in”), from Old English *ingot, ingyte (“a pouring in, infusion, inspiration”), from Proto-Germanic *in (“in”) + *gutaz, *gutiz (“gush, flow”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), equivalent to in- + gote or in- + yote. Cognate with German Einguss (“in-pouring, sprue”), Swedish ingjut (“in-pouring”), Dutch ingieten (“to pour in”), Scots gote (“drain, ditch, gutter”), Swedish göt (“ingot”). More at gote, goit, yote. Alternative etymology derives Middle English ingot from ingoten (“poured in”)...

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