Associations to the word «Ingot»

Wiktionary

INGOT, 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.

Dictionary definition

INGOT, noun. Metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats