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Caldron

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cal⋅dron

  [kawl-druhn]
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–noun
cauldron.

caul⋅dron

  [kawl-druhn]
–noun
a large kettle or boiler.
Also, caldron.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME, alter. (by assoc. with L caldus warm) of ME cauderon < AF, equiv. to caudere (< LL caldāria; see caldera ) + -on n. suffix
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cal·dron   (kôl'drən)   
n.  Variant of cauldron.
caul·dron also cal·dron   (kôl'drən)   
n.  

  1. A large vessel, such as a kettle or vat, used for boiling.

  2. A state or situation of great distress or unrest felt to resemble a boiling kettle or vat: a cauldron of conflicting corporate politics.


[Middle English, alteration of cauderon, from Norman French, diminutive of caudiere, cooking pot, from Late Latin caldāria, from feminine of Latin caldārius, suitable for warming, from calidus, warm; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

caldron 
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. caudrun, from O.Fr. chauderon, from L.L. caldaria "cooking pot" (with suffix indicating great size), from L. calidarium "hot bath," from calidus "warm, hot." The -l- was inserted 15c. in imitation of Latin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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