HyperDic: refractory_pot

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

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict