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cupel
[ kyoo-puhl, kyoo-pel ]
/ ˈkyu pəl, kyuˈpɛl /
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noun
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
a receptacle or furnace bottom in which silver is refined.
verb (used with object), cu·peled, cu·pel·ing or (especially British) cu·pelled, cu·pel·ling.
to heat or refine in a cupel.
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Origin of cupel
1595–1605; <Medieval Latin cūpella, equivalent to Latin cūp(a) tub + -ella diminutive suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM cupel
cu·pel·er [kyoo-puh-ler], /ˈkyu pə lər/, cu·pel·ler [kyoo-pel-er], /kyuˈpɛl ər/, nouncu·pel·la·tion, nounWords nearby cupel
cupboard, cupboard love, cupcake, cup coral, CUPE, cupel, cupellation, Cupertino, cupferron, Cup Final, cupflower
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British Dictionary definitions for cupel
cupel
/ (ˈkjuːpəl, kjʊˈpɛl) /
noun
a refractory pot in which gold or silver is refined
a small porous bowl made of bone ash in which gold and silver are recovered from a lead button during assaying
verb -pels, -pelling or -pelled or US -pels, -peling or -peled
(tr) to refine (gold or silver) by means of cupellation
Derived forms of cupel
cupeller, nounWord Origin for cupel
C17: from French coupelle, diminutive of coupe cup
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