Definition for 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.

Synonyms for Crucible:

• n.

  •
  • danger,
  • havoc,
  • crisis,
  • threat,
  • emergency,
  • precipice,
  • adventure,
  • minefield,
  • a disaster waiting to happen,
  • escapade.
  •
  • chase,
  • bar,
  • easy,
  • ct,
  • beat.
  •artifact (noun)
  • melting pot,
  • crucible.
  •pot (noun)
  • saucepan,
  • canister,
  • canisters,
  • saucepans,
  • jug.
  •retort (noun)
  • container,
  • cauldron.
  •trial (noun)
  • in conveniences,
  • mis fortune,
  • in-convenience,
  • trying times,
  • in-conveniences,
  • pain in neck,
  • severe tests,
  • mis fortunes,
  • cross bear,
  • un-happiness,
  • un-happinesses,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • un happinesses,
  • pain neck.
  •tribulation (noun)
  • re-verse,
  • wrongings,
  • re verse.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • karat,
  • smelt,
  • sheet metal,
  • ironwork,
  • gold leaf,
  • gold dust,
  • welder,
  • silver-plate,
  • metalwork,
  • melt down,
  • bullion,
  • ingot,
  • Filings,
  • burnish,
  • anvil,
  • smithy,
  • blacksmith,
  • verdigris,
  • silversmith,
  • metal fatigue,
  • filigree.
  •
  • pewter,
  • hallmark,
  • nugget,
  • solder,
  • mill,
  • wiring,
  • weld.
  •
  • metal,
  • forge,
  • temper,
  • leaf.
  •
  • wired.
  •
  • wire,
  • plate.

Paraphrases for Crucible:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    auteurs, members, perpetrators, writers, authors.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    plate, pot.

Crucible Sentence Examples:

• The world has been, I think with justice, compared to a crucible in which souls are purified by pain and work and prepared for higher ends.

• After a few minutes of this Prescott took a small crucible of black lead.

Homophones for Crucible:

• crisply, chargeable, corrigible, cross-file, church bell, crossbill, cross-ply.

Hyponym for Crucible:

• n.

  • artifact
    vessel.