cold shot

1 of 2

noun

1

: round shotlike particles formed by a cold shut in a metal casting

2

: cold shut sense 1

cold-shot

2 of 2

adjective

: chilled by the mold in casting or imperfect through such chilling

—used of a foundry casting

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