BLOCK OF METAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does block of metal mean? 

• BLOCK OF METAL (noun)
  The noun BLOCK OF METAL has 1 sense:

1. metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling

  Familiarity information: BLOCK OF METAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOCK OF METAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

block of metal; ingot; metal bar

Hypernyms ("block of metal" is a kind of...):

block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "block of metal"):

bullion (gold or silver in bars or ingots)

pig (a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace)