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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ing-guh t
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪŋ gət



Définition of ingot

Origin :
  • late 14c., "mold in which metal is cast," probably from in- (2) "in" + Old English goten, past participle of geotan "to pour" (see found (v.2)). Sense of "mass of cast metal" first attested early 15c.
  • noun block of metal
Example sentences :
  • On the heath of Poligny a man had formerly found an ingot of gold.
  • Extract from : « Bouvard and Pcuchet » by Gustave Flaubert
  • The pile or ingot on the porter-bar seems to him to have doubled in weight.
  • Extract from : « Life in a Railway Factory » by Alfred Williams
  • The 39 in a hundred and three drawings—its an ingot of gold!
  • Extract from : « Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) » by Charles Paul de Kock
  • I am not alluding to your wit; a fly does not seek to raise an ingot of gold!
  • Extract from : « Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo » by Louis Guimbaud
  • An ingot on top of the pile was jarred from its place and crashed to the floor.
  • Extract from : « The Revolt of the Star Men » by Raymond Gallun
  • The ingot with the sinkhead will weigh approximately 60,000 pounds.
  • Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell
  • Only that part of the ingot below the sinkhead enters the forging.
  • Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell
  • The ingot under the press is shown in a partly forged state.
  • Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell
  • "You did the thing in style, young man," said Ingot to Carnac with a nod.
  • Extract from : « Carnac's Folly, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • Ingot iron is slagless steel with less than 0.30% of carbon.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7 » by Various

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