CRUCIBLE


Meaning of CRUCIBLE in English

n.

Pot of clay or other refractory material, used from ancient times as a container for melting metals or other materials.

Modern crucibles may be small laboratory utensils for conducting high-temperature chemical reactions and analyses, or large industrial vessels for melting and calcining metal, ore, or glass, and may be made of clay, graphite, porcelain, or a relatively infusible metal.

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