cauldron
or cal·dron
a large kettle or boiler.
Origin of cauldron
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How to use cauldron in a sentence
Strangers sat shoulder to shoulder, passing around cauldrons of gumbo and plates of jambalaya.
As customers and coastlines disappear, a New Orleans chef fights for her community | Dayana Sarkisova | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostIts outer layers are a bubbling cauldron of hot gas and plasma.
Betelgeuse went dark, but didn’t go supernova. What happened? | Lisa Grossman | November 29, 2020 | Science NewsMany have never been able to win a Masters, even if it suited their game, amid the emotional cauldron of 20-deep crowds.
In a grim year, a November Masters is something to be thankful for | Thomas M. Boswell | November 12, 2020 | Washington PostHe 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.
Did Stalin’s rise to power foretell the butchery that came next? | Robert Service | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostWhen 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.
Bone broth will sustain you at home and in the wild. Here’s how to make it. | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | October 5, 2020 | Popular-Science
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.
Tina Brown: I Know Who Hillary’s Running Mate Should Be | Tina Brown | July 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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.
Candy Crowley Injects Herself Into the Presidential Debate | Lauren Ashburn | October 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTRather, the concerns were about how this particular series of popular revolts would play out in the Middle East cauldron.
Israel’s Allergy to the Arab Spring—Justified Again | Gil Troy | September 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTCalendau compares his sufferings to those of a soul in hell, condemned to the cauldron of oil.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer"One would call such a place as this 'the devil's cauldron' in our land," said Howel.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. WhistlerWe are far from knowing just what happens when we pour acids and alkalies and foods into this witches' cauldron of blood.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawThen Robinson struck a light, and right glad he was to find a cauldron full of gelatinized beef soup.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeLook, do you see that large cauldron of water which I am obliged to keep on the fire!
Grimms' Fairy Tales | The Brothers Grimm
British Dictionary definitions for cauldron
caldron
/ (ˈkɔːldrən) /
a large pot used for boiling, esp one with handles
Origin of cauldron
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