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Preparing your learning path…A container able to withstand the heat needed to melt substances.
Primary stress falls on the first syllable.
The technician placed the sample inside a crucible.
Molten silver flowed from the crucible into a mold.
Our workshop ordered three heatproof crucibles.
A crucible is a vessel, not the furnace that heats it.
The furnace provides heat; a crucible holds the material being heated or melted.
What is a crucible used for in metalworking?
The crisis became a crucible for her leadership.
New alliances formed in the crucible of war.
The merger proved a crucible for the new management team.
Figurative crucible suggests transformation through hardship rather than ordinary inconvenience.
A crucible can be a difficult experience in which abilities, loyalties, or plans are tested.
What is meant by the crucible of war?
