mud pot

American  

noun

Geology.

1. a hot spring filled with boiling mud.

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Etymology

Origin of mud pot

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The makeup of the underground plumbing system determines how the water expresses itself - whether it turns into a hot spring pool, a mud pot or a geyser.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2018

So thither I journeyed every morning, and when I said how many we were, perhaps half a mud pot would be doled out, sometimes a little more, depending upon who was in charge.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Luna curved around the mud pot and followed the rocks into where the village used to be.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

The Martian desert lay broiling like a prehistoric mud pot, waves of heat rising and shimmering.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

I tipped the mud pot and filling his bowl handed it to him.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya