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pot metal en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron.
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(countable, uncountable) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts.
Copper, with about a fourth of its weight of lead, forms pot-metal, used by the ancients for their coins.
1819, William Nicholson, American Edition of the British Encyclopedia:
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(countable, uncountable) A kind of stained glass, the colours of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot
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(countable, especially, uncountable) Synonym of monkey metal.
Forms
Relateds
white metal
Synonyms
monkey metal