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cauldron

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caul·dron

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


Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English, alteration (by association with Latin caldus warm) of Middle English cauderon < Anglo-French, equivalent to caudere (< Late Latin caldāria; see caldera) + -on noun suffix
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Cauldron is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Example Sentences
  • Pure tin is mixed with its additional components in a large cauldron and slowly melted.
  • Rather, it is a roiling, seething cauldron of evanescent particles.
  • Because in the roiling cauldron of activity that governs galaxy formation, some stars go supernova.
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cauldron or caldron (ˈkɔːldrən)
 
n
a large pot used for boiling, esp one with handles
 
[C13: from earlier cauderon, from Anglo-French, from Latin caldārium hot bath, from calidus warm]
 
caldron or caldron
 
n
 
[C13: from earlier cauderon, from Anglo-French, from Latin caldārium hot bath, from calidus warm]

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cauldron
c.1300, caudron, from Anglo-Fr. caudrun, O.N.Fr. cauderon (O.Fr. chauderon; cf. Sp. calderon, It. calderone), from augmentative of L.L. caldaria "cooking pot," from L. calidarium "hot bath," from calidus "warm, hot" (see calorie). The -l- was inserted 15c. in imitation of Latin.
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