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1. A heat-resistant container in which ores or metals are melted.
2. The hollow part at the bottom of a furnace where molten metal collects.
3. A place or set of circumstances where people or things are subjected to forces that test them and often make them change.
4. A severe test, as of patience or belief; a trial.
5. A severe trial or ordeal.
6. A place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or political forces.
7. Etymology: the figurative sense of "a severe test or trial", is first recorded in about 1645, possibly from the idea that the melting pot must endure great heat in order to fuse metals.
2. The hollow part at the bottom of a furnace where molten metal collects.
3. A place or set of circumstances where people or things are subjected to forces that test them and often make them change.
4. A severe test, as of patience or belief; a trial.
5. A severe trial or ordeal.
6. A place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or political forces.
7. Etymology: the figurative sense of "a severe test or trial", is first recorded in about 1645, possibly from the idea that the melting pot must endure great heat in order to fuse metals.
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cruci-, crux
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