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crucible

English

Etymology

From Latin crucibulum (night-lamp, metallurgic melting-pot), apparently a derivative of crux (cross), perhaps by analogy to th?ribulum (censer) and suffix -bulum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?u?.s?.b?l/

Noun

crucible (plural crucibles)

  1. (chemistry) 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. (figuratively) A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.
    Coordinate term: trial by fire

Translations

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grunter

English

Etymology

grunt +? -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???nt?/
  • Rhymes: -?nt?(r)

Noun

grunter (plural grunters)

  1. One who grunts.
  2. Any of a group of fish of the family Terapontidae, which make a grunting sound when caught.
  3. (slang) A pig.
    • 1875, W. R. Ancketill, The Adventures of Mick Callighin, M.P.
      A pig fight on board ship has always amused me very much: stand on the bridge, and look down into the crowded pen of grunters []
  4. (dated, brass founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

Synonyms

  • (fish): tiger perch

Derived terms

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