crucible
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crucible
- /ˈkɹuː.sɪ.bəl/
Where it comes from
From Latin crucibulum (“night-lamp, metallurgic melting-pot”), apparently a derivative of crux (“cross”), perhaps by analogy to thūribulum (“censer”) and suffix -bulum, or from crucio (“to torment”).
noun crucibles
- A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures. In one corner of the closet was a very small furnace, with a glowing fire in it, and on the fire a kind of duplicate crucible—two crucibles connected by a tube. One of these crucibles was nearly full of lead in a state of fusion, but not reaching up to the aperture of the tube, which was close to th
- A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.
- The bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace; the hearth.
- A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process. But, in considering an author and his works as one, a sufficient distinction is not drawn between the ideal and the real: the last is only given by being past through the crucible of the first.
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Closest in meaning: melting pot, furnace, smelter, hearth, melting, board, mosaic, cup, plate, pot, crossroad, crossroads, tared, tag, gooch, test
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noun cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment
| Español | crisol |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 坩堝 /坩埚 gānguō |
| Português | crisol, cadinho |
| Français | creuset |
| Deutsch | Tiegel |
| Italiano | crogiolo |
| Ελληνικά | χωνευτήρι choneftíri |
| Română | creuzet |
| Русский | ти́гель tígelʹ |
| العربية | بُوتَقة būtaqa |
noun heat-resistant container in which metals are melted
| Español | crisol |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 도가니 dogani |
| 日本語 | 坩堝 rutsubo, 坩堝 kanka |
| 中文 | 坩堝 /坩埚 gānguō |
| Português | crisol, cadinho |
| Français | creuset |
| Deutsch | Tiegel, Schmelztiegel |
| Italiano | crogiolo |
| Русский | ти́гель tígelʹ |
noun difficult and trying experience
| Español | prueba de fuego |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 試煉 /试炼 shìliàn, 磨難 /磨难 mónàn, 嚴峻考驗 /严峻考验 yánjùn kǎoyàn |
| Português | prova de fogo |
| Français | épreuve du feu, épreuve |
| Deutsch | Feuerprobe |
| Русский | суро́вое испыта́ние suróvoje ispytánije |
| العربية | مِحْنَة miḥna, اِخْتِبَار قَاسٍ iḵtibār qāsin |
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title = {crucible},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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