Billet

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000550",
  "term": "Billet",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A length of semi-finished metal with a square or circular cross-section, produced by continuous casting or by rolling a larger ingot or bloom. Billets serve as the raw material for secondary forming processes such as rolling, forging, and extrusion to create long products. The cross-sectional area of a billet is smaller than that of a bloom, with dimensions that are less than 155 millimeters on each side.",
  "subject": "Metallurgy",
  "references": [
    "billet - definition and meaning (Wordnik)"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Knüppel",
    "es": "lingote",
    "fr": "billette"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/billet/"
}