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What is a crucible?

What is a crucible? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
  2. A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.
  3. The bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace; the hearth.
  4. (figuratively) A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.
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The crucible holder is secured to a lid of the furnace, and the furnace lid is guided along upwardly extending guide rods.
Fokine premises his version of the tale on the idea that a harem is a crucible of uncontainable desire.
Even in the crucible of war, we have discovered that our worst critics love us in the concrete as much as they hate us in the abstract.
Argon was extracted in a molybdenum crucible by melting through induction heating with a metal line.
We have seen how Upadhyay stitches space inside out, making public space a crucible for her private rebirths.
Over 900 mould fragments, 250 crucible sherds, as well as waste products, scrap metalwork, tools and raw materials were recovered.

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