Meaning of pot metal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron.
   countable, uncountable
2. An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts.
   countable, uncountable
3. A kind of stained glass, the colours of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot
   countable, uncountable
4. Synonym of monkey metal.
   countable, especially, uncountable

Examples

“Copper, with about a fourth of its weight of lead, forms pot-metal, used by the ancients for their coins.”

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