POT METAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pot metal mean? 

• POT METAL (noun)
  The noun POT METAL has 2 senses:

1. cast iron used for making cooking wares

2. an alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large pots

  Familiarity information: POT METAL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POT METAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cast iron used for making cooking wares

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

cast iron (an alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large pots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

alloy; metal (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten)