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Recent Examples of ingotThroughout the second and third millennia BC, Indus merchants traded with people across the Persian Gulf and the Middle East, their ships bringing copper ingots, pearls, spices and ivory.—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025 Gold bullion or gold jewelry Physical gold includes anything from gold bullion — investment-quality gold with a purity of 99.5% (995) in the shape of bars, ingots, coins or rounds — to jewelry and other collectibles.—Nathan Mahr, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025 But what makes this discovery at the Domus Aurea all the more remarkable is the whopping size of the Egyptian blue ingot in question, which weighs more than five pounds and measures six inches long.—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025 In 2001, an 80-pound ingot was bought by a private collector for a record $8 million.—CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ingot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingot
slab
Noun
Beijing Institute of Technology A cold plate at the bottom of the cell was used to chill and freeze the water, forming a slab of ice.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 June 2025
Vulture’s take on Rockefeller scoops artichoke-spinach dip into blue corn shells and subs in a seared slab of local lion’s mane mushroom for sirloin in the steak Diane.
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Candice Woo,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2025
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