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crucibles

[kroo-suh-buhl]

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noun

a container of metal or refractory material employed for heating substances to high temperatures.

Metallurgy. a hollow area at the bottom of a furnace in which the metal collects.

a severe, searching test or trial.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English crusible, corusible < Medieval Latin crucibulum; compare Anglo-French crusil, Old French croi-suel, croisol night lamp, crucible < Gallo-Romance *croceolus (of uncertain origin), probably Latinized on the model of tūribulum thurible

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Word Origin & History

crucible

mid-15c., from M.L. crucibulum "melting pot for metals," originally "night lamp." First element might be M.H.G. kruse "earthen pot." Used of any severe test or trial since 1645.

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crucible

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