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cuvette.

A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kjuˈvɛt/
  1. A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.

  2. A cunette.

  3. A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer.

  4. The inner lid of a timepiece.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree French cuve Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French cuvettebor. English cuvette Borrowed from French cuvette.

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