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View synonyms for cauldron

cauldron

or cal·dron

[ kawl-druhn ]

noun

  1. a large kettle or boiler.


cauldron

/ ˈkɔːldrən /

noun

  1. a large pot used for boiling, esp one with handles


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cauldron1

1250–1300; Middle English, alteration (by association with Latin caldus warm) of Middle English cauderon < Anglo-French, equivalent to caudere (< Late Latin caldāria; caldera ) + -on noun suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cauldron1

C13: from earlier cauderon, from Anglo-French, from Latin caldārium hot bath, from calidus warm

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Example Sentences

Strangers sat shoulder to shoulder, passing around cauldrons of gumbo and plates of jambalaya.

Its outer layers are a bubbling cauldron of hot gas and plasma.

Many have never been able to win a Masters, even if it suited their game, amid the emotional cauldron of 20-deep crowds.

He stresses that Georgia was a cauldron of violence in the early 20th century but argues that this is not enough to explain the passage to the Great Terror.

When a bowl of broth was taken from the cauldron, a bowl of water and a few more stock ingredients were added to replace that which was taken.

But the three countries are not separate saucepans – they are one boiling cauldron.

Of course, killer sound bites will pursue him into the toxic cauldron of a national race.

The arts are overrated, but the real estate is bubbling like the witch's cauldron in MacBeth.

But it landed her in a cauldron of controversy at the face-off at Hofstra University.

Rather, the concerns were about how this particular series of popular revolts would play out in the Middle East cauldron.

Calendau compares his sufferings to those of a soul in hell, condemned to the cauldron of oil.

"One would call such a place as this 'the devil's cauldron' in our land," said Howel.

We are far from knowing just what happens when we pour acids and alkalies and foods into this witches' cauldron of blood.

Then Robinson struck a light, and right glad he was to find a cauldron full of gelatinized beef soup.

Look, do you see that large cauldron of water which I am obliged to keep on the fire!

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