pot metal

1. 1.

   cast iron used for making cooking wares

   Broadercast iron
2. 2.

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

   Broaderalloy

Questions about pot metal

What does pot metal mean?

pot metal means "cast iron used for making cooking wares". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is pot metal a common word?

pot metal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.