鋳ちゅう片へん

noun

slab; ingot slab

Technical term used in metal casting and smelting for a thick, flat piece of metal before further processing.

• 製せい鉄てつ所じょでは、溶とけた鋼はがねを鋳ちゅう片へんに鋳ちゅう造ぞうする。

  At the steel mill, molten steel is cast into slabs.