HyperDic: bone-ash_cup

English > 1 sense of the expression bone-ash cup:
NOUNartifactbone-ash cup, cupel, refractory pota small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead
English > bone-ash cup: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead.
Synonymscupel, refractory pot
BroadervesselAn object used as a container (especially for liquids / liquids)
Spanishcopela

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