crucible
A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when…A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
» Cities are the crucibles of civilisation.
Meaning
4 sensesA cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
Tiegel
ти́гельtígelʹ
A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.
Tiegel, Schmelztiegel
ти́гельtígelʹ
The bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace; the hearth.
(figuratively)A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.
Feuerprobe
суро́вое испыта́ниеsuróvoje ispytánije
- a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
Examples
3 sentencesCities are the crucibles of civilisation.
Only one competitor can emerge from the crucible of losers' bracket.
Due to improper procedures, the foundry had an excess of slag in the crucible.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin crucibulum (“night-lamp, metallurgic melting-pot”), apparently a derivative ofFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: cruciblesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions:melting pot