| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rod; straight length of material |
Synonyms: |
batten, billet, boom, crossbar, crosspiece, ingot, lever, paling, pig, pole, rail, rib, rule, shaft, slab, spar, spoke, stake, stick, streak, strip, stripe, stroke |
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass of material |
Synonyms: |
bar, brick, cake, chunk, cube, hunk, ingot, loaf, lump, oblong, piece, section, segment, slab, slice, solid, square |
| Notes: | a bloc is a group of countries in special alliance while a block is an obstruction, an interruption, or a rectangular area or shape |
| Main Entry: | metal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lustrous chemical element |
Synonyms: |
alloy, casting, deposit, foil, hardware, ingot, leaf, load, mail, mineral, native rock, ore, plate, solder, vein |
| Main Entry: | nugget |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, solid piece; often of metal |
Synonyms: |
bullion, chunk, clod, clump, gold, hunk, ingot, mass, ore asset, plum, rock, treasure, wad |
| Main Entry: | rod |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bar, pole |
Synonyms: |
baton, billet, birch, cane, cylinder, dowel, ingot, mace, pin, rodule, scepter, sceptre, shaft, slab, spike, staff, stave, stick, strip, switch, wand |
| Main Entry: | slab |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid object |
Synonyms: |
bar, billet, bit, board, boulder, chip, cut, cutting, hunk, ingot, lump, muck, piece, plate, portion, rod, slice, stave, stick, stone, strip, wedge |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole, often wooden |
Synonyms: |
bar, bat, baton, billet, birch, bludgeon, board, branch, cane, club, cudgel, drumstick, ferrule, ingot, mast, rod, rule, ruler, shoot, slab, slat, staff, stake, stalk, stave, stem, strip, switch, timber, twig, wand, wedge |
| Main Entry: | strip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thin piece of material |
Synonyms: |
band, banding, bar, belt, billet, bit, fillet, ingot, layer, ribbon, rod, section, segment, shred, slab, slip, stick, stripe, swathe, tape, tongue |
Antonyms: |
whole |