cupel

¹cu·pel

noun \kyü-ˈpel, ˈkyü-pəl\

Definition of CUPEL

: a small shallow porous cup especially of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from lead

Origin of CUPEL

French coupelle, diminutive of coupe cup, from Late Latin cuppa

First Known Use: 1605

Rhymes with CUPEL

band shell, barbell, Becquerel, Blackwell, bluebell, bombshell, bridewell, cadelle, cartel, chandelle, Chanel, clamshell, compel, cormel, cornel, corral, cowbell, diel, dispel, doorbell, dry cell, dry well, dumbbell, duxelles, ear shell, eggshell, excel, expel, farewell, fat cell, foretell, fuel cell, gazelle, germ cell, Glaspell, gromwell, groundswell, half shell, handbell, hard sell, hard-shell, harebell, hotel, impel, indwell, inkwell, Jarrell, jurel, Kandel, lampshell, lapel, Mandel, marcel, maxwell, Maxwell, micelle, misspell, morel, motel, nacelle, nerve cell, Nobel, noel, nouvelle, nutshell, oil well, Orel, Orwell, outsell, pall-mall, Parnell, pastel, pell-mell, pixel, pointelle, Ponselle, presell, propel, quenelle, rakehell, rappel, Ravel, rebel, refel, repel, respell, retell, riel, rondel, Roswell, saurel, scalpel, seashell, sequel, sleigh bell, soft sell, soft-shell, solgel, speedwell, spinel, stairwell, star shell, stem cell, tooth shell, unsell, unwell, upwell, wind-bell

²cupel

transitive verb

cupelled or cupeledcupel·ling or cupel·ing

Definition of CUPEL

: to refine by means of a cupel

— cu·pel·ler noun

First Known Use of CUPEL

1644