CUPEL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: cupelled    , cupelling   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead

Synonyms:

bone-ash cup; cupel; refractory pot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cupel" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

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