Word Meaning

Meaning of crucible

- 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.
- A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal.
- A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction.