ingot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
    metal bar; block of metal.

WordNet

In"got noun
Etymology
Prob. from AS. in in + geótan to pour: cf. F. linglot, LL. lingotus a mass of gold or silver, extended in the manner of a tongue, and G. einguss, LG. & OE. ingot ingot, a mold for casting metals in. See Found to cast, and cf. Linget, Lingot, Nugget.
Definitions
  1. That in which metal is cast; a mold. Obs.
    And from the fire he took up his matter And in the ingot put it with merry cheer. Chaucer.
  2. A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.
    Wrought ingots from Besoara's mine. Sir W. Jones.

Webster 1913