crucible

1. 1.

   a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions

   Synonymsmelting pot

   Broadervessel

Other forms of crucible

plural

crucibles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crucible

What does crucible mean?

crucible means "a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions".

How many syllables are in crucible?

crucible has 3 syllables: cru-ci-ble. The stress falls on "cru". In IPA it is /ˈkɹusəbəl/.

What is another word for crucible?

Close synonyms include melting pot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crucible a common word?

crucible is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.