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cauldron

caul·dron [ ˈkȯl-drən]

cauldron

noun

[ˈkȯl-drən]

variants: or less commonly caldron

Definition of cauldron

1 : a large kettle or boiler

2 : something resembling a boiling cauldron in intensity or degree of agitation
//a cauldron of intense emotions

Recent Examples on the Web

//Blake sprinkles the pieces of paper with a mysterious gray powder, and each person wraps his or her paper in parchment, before submerging it in a cauldron containing flower petals, botanicals, spit and human hair.
— Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, "Chicago’s witches: A craving for magic and meaning drives millennials to spells, potions and rituals," 24 Oct. 2019
//So Schrider wandered into the cauldron at Alabama, LSU and South Carolina, giving him a taste of college football’s most storied conference.
— Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, "Cal prepares for the sizable challenge of a game in SEC country," 18 Sep. 2019
//New York City in the late 1970s was a cauldron overflowing with a primordial soup of creativity: Disco, punk, new wave, hip-hop, pop art, fashion icons, street art, all emanated from a few square miles packed with ambition.
— Los Angeles Times, "11 anticipated music books this fall," 13 Sep. 2019
//Taylor also has Dalton whispering in the huddle in the midst of the noise cauldron, so the players have gotten OK at lip reading.
— Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Doc's TML: You're in for a treat, Cincinnati fans. Positive thoughts on Bengals, UC, Reds.," 5 Sep. 2019
//Half a year after the territorial defeat of the Islamic State, the vast sprawl of tents at the al-Hol camp is becoming a cauldron of radicalization.
— Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, "At a sprawling tent camp in Syria, ISIS women impose a brutal rule," 3 Sep. 2019
//Its home-field advantage might not be the same cauldron of energy as in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but the awkward dimensions and depth perception difference in Yankee Stadium could really help the club in a one-off playoff scenario.
— Avi Creditor, SI.com, "The MLS XI, Week 26: The West is Wild; Philly, NYCFC Clinch," 2 Sep. 2019
//This simmering cauldron atop one of the five shield volcanoes that form the Big Island of Hawaii has inspired ritual and reverence for generations.
— George W. Stone, National Geographic, "Dinosaurs to gladiators: 10 World Heritage trips for families," 16 Aug. 2019
//In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, several hundred miles from Hawaii, is a swirling cauldron of waste plastic that’s been growing steadily since the mid-1980s.
— Quanta Magazine, "On Waste Plastics at Sea, She Finds Unique Microbial Multitudes," 13 Sep. 2018

First Known Use of cauldron

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for cauldron

Middle English caudron, caldron, from Anglo-French cauderon, diminutive of caldere basin, from Late Latin caldaria, from feminine of Latin caldarius used for hot water, from calidus warm, from calēre to be warm — more at lee

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