crucible

Etymology
From, apparently a derivative of , perhaps by analogy to and suffix , or from.

Noun

 * 1)  A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
 * 2) A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.
 * 3) The bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace; the hearth.
 * 4)  A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.
 * 1)  A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: بُوتَقة
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: žíhací kelímek, tavicí kelímek,
 * Danish: smeltedigel
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: tiigel
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:, digull
 * Italian:
 * Malay:
 * Persian: بوتهٔ چینی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: téglik
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎔


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܒܘܕܩܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, žíhací kelímek, tavicí kelímek
 * Danish: smeltedigel
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fandujo
 * Estonian: tiigel
 * Finnish: ; sulatuspata
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: χόανος
 * Gujarati: રેજા
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 도가니
 * Latin: conflatorium
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maori: oko whakarewa
 * Ottoman Turkish: پوته
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: tégeľ
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: бӯта
 * Turkish:
 * Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎔
 * Ukrainian:
 * Welsh: tawddlestr, llestr toddi, crwsibl


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hebrew:
 * Portuguese:


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: ildprøve
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: ciężka próba
 * Portuguese: prova de fogo
 * Russian: суро́вое испыта́ние
 * Spanish: prueba de fuego
 * Welsh:, profedigaeth