Linget vs. Ingot — What's the Difference?

An ingot; a lingot.

An ingot is a piece of relatively pure material, usually metal, that is cast into a shape suitable for further processing. In steelmaking, it is the first step among semi-finished casting products.

An ingot.

A mass of metal, such as a bar or block, that is cast in a standard shape for convenient storage or shipment.

A casting mold for metal.

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.

(transitive) To form (scraps of metal) into ingots.

That in which metal is cast; a mold.

A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.

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