An ingot is a piece of metal that is shaped in a block. People use ingots to store or send metal easily for making other things.
The factory made gold ingots for the bank.
She held a small silver ingot in her hand.
In finance, an ingot means a bar of pure metal like gold or silver. People buy ingots to save money or invest.
He bought an ingot to keep as an investment.
Banks store gold ingots for safety.
In industry, ingots are metal blocks used to make other products. They are raw materials for factories.
The factory melts ingots to make parts.
Steel ingots are sent to the factory for shaping.
An ingot is a bar of precious metal made in standard sizes. This helps buyers know the metal's purity and weight for trade.
The ingot's purity meets international standards.
Gold ingots are tested before being sold.
In some rare contexts, 'ingot' can refer to a specific type of word puzzle or cipher. This usage is very uncommon.
He solved the ingot to find the hidden word.
The challenge was to decode the ingot cipher.
An ingot can sometimes mean a block of solid sugar used in old recipes or brewing. This meaning is rare and old-fashioned.
The recipe calls for an ingot of brown sugar.
Old brewing methods used sugar ingots.
