mud pot


nounGeology.
  1. a hot spring filled with boiling mud.: Compare paint pot (def. 2).

Origin of mud pot

1
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

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How to use mud pot in a sentence

  • A short distance south of this Fountain Geyser is the most remarkable mud-pot in the Firehole valley.

    Wonders of the Yellowstone | James Richardson