Crucible or melting pot
Derived from the Spanish word for a crucible, which is a container used to melt metals at high temperatures. Metaphorically, it represents a place or situation that forces people or elements to change and fuse together, often used in the context of a 'melting pot' of cultures.
Less common today
Crisol isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,718 in 1996.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
