crucible

crucible is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc.
2. noun. A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal.
3. noun. A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction.
4. noun. a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions

Common word forms

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