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POT METAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large pots
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
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)
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