pot metal noun4 •The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. •An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts.Copper, with about a fourth of its weight of lead, forms pot-metal, used by the ancients for their coins. — 1819 •Synonym of monkey metal. •A kind of stained glass, the colours of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot formspot metals