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Definitions for Cupel

[1] a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
[2] a receptacle or furnace bottom in which silver is refined.
[3] to heat or refine in a cupel.
[4] a refractory pot in which gold or silver is refined
[5] a small porous bowl made of bone ash in which gold and silver are recovered from a lead button during assaying
[6] (tr) to refine (gold or silver) by means of cupellation

Words nearby Cupel

cupboard, cupboard is bare, the, cupboard love, cupcake, cupe, cupel, cupellation, cupertino, cupferron, cupflower, cupful

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/ , noun
cu·pel·la·tion , noun

Word origin for Cupel

C17: from French coupelle, diminutive of coupe cup