Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pot_metal

2 senses of pot metal

Sense 1
pot metal -- (cast iron used for making cooking wares)
       => 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
pot metal -- (an alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large pots)
       => 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; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper")