test

English

/tɛst/, /test/

noun
Definitions
  • A challenge, trial.
  • A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
  • (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
  • A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
  • (cricket) A Test match.
  • (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand sand dollars and sea sea urchins. urchin tests.Two sea urchin tests
  • (botany) Testa; seed coat.
  • (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English test borrowed from Old French test (melting pot, especially one in which metals were tried, pot) derived from Latin testum (the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot, vessel, pot, earthenware pot).

Origin

Latin

testum

Gloss

the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot, vessel, pot, earthenware pot

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

鍋

Emoji
🍯 🍲 🫕 🫖

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