"Look at the alchemic glass," he cried; "something glows in the crucible, pure and heavy." He lifted it with a trembling hand, and exclaimed in a voice of agitation, "Gold! gold!"
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Crucible
//ˈkɹuː.sɪ.bəl//
Synonyms for "crucible" (76 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (38)
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1 entriesat location
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
94 translations across 42 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- smeltkroes noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- smeltkroes noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χόανος noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Arabic
3 entries- اِخْتِبَار قَاسٍ noun (difficult and trying experience)
- بُوتَقة noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- مِحْنَة noun (difficult and trying experience)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܒܘܕܩܐ noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Armenian
2 entries- բով noun (difficult and trying experience)
- քուրա noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Bulgarian
2 entries- тигел noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- тигел noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Catalan
3 entries- gresol noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- gresol noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- gresol noun (bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 坩埚 noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- 坩堝 /坩埚 noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Czech
4 entries- tavicí kelímek noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- tavicí kelímek noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- tyglík noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- tyglík noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Danish
3 entries- ildprøve noun (difficult and trying experience)
- smeltedigel noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- smeltedigel noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Dutch
3 entries- smeltkroes noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- smeltkroes noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- vuurproef noun (difficult and trying experience)
Esperanto
1 entries- fandujo noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Estonian
2 entries- tiigel noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- tiigel noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Finnish
4 entries- pesä noun (bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace)
- sulatuspata noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- tulikoe noun (difficult and trying experience)
- upokas noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
French
4 entries- creuset noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- creuset noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- creuset noun (bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace)
- épreuve noun (difficult and trying experience)
German
4 entries- Feuerprobe noun (difficult and trying experience)
- Schmelztiegel noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- Tiegel noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- Tiegel noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Greek
1 entries- χωνευτήρι noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
Gujarati
1 entries- રેજા noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Hebrew
1 entries- קמין noun (bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace)
Hungarian
2 entries- olvasztótégely noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- tűzpróba noun (difficult and trying experience)
Icelandic
2 entries- deigla noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- digull noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
Italian
2 entries- crogiolo noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- crogiolo noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Japanese
2 entries- 坩堝 noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- 坩堝 noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Korean
1 entries- 도가니 noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Latin
1 entries- conflatorium noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Macedonian
1 entries- тигел noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Malay
1 entries- mangkuk pijar noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
Māori
1 entries- oko whakarewa noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پوته noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Persian
2 entries- بوته noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- بوتهٔ چینی noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
Polish
3 entries- ciężka próba noun (difficult and trying experience)
- tygiel noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- tygiel noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Portuguese
4 entries- cadinho noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- cadinho noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- crisol noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- crisol noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Romanian
1 entries- creuzet noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
Russian
3 entries- суро́вое испыта́ние noun (difficult and trying experience)
- ти́гель noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- ти́гель noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Slovak
2 entries- tégeľ noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- téglik noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
Spanish
3 entries- crisol noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- crisol noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- prueba de fuego noun (difficult and trying experience)
Swedish
2 entries- degel noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- smältdegel noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Tagalog
1 entries- lila noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
Tajik
1 entries- бӯта noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Turkish
1 entries- pota noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Ugaritic
2 entries- 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎔 noun (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎔 noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
Welsh
4 entries- crwsibl noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- llestr toddi noun (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted)
- pair noun (difficult and trying experience)
- profedigaeth noun (difficult and trying experience)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Due to improper procedures, the foundry had an excess of slag in the crucible.
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Only one competitor can emerge from the crucible of losers' bracket.
Source: tatoeba (10627983)
As the community continues recovering from a crucible of fire and flood over the past few years, it is taking baby steps toward addressing what has become a vexing problem for the iconic destination: overtourism.
Source: tatoeba (12100739)
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