stewpot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stewpot
Example Sentences
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On the other side of the state, at the Hanford nuclear reservation, where so much fissionable material was created during World War II, we have a radioactive-waste stewpot agencies struggle to clean up and contain.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2016
Do not let the words polenta and minestrone, stamped in the lid of this sleek stewpot from Italy, limit you.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2016
Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist at Texas Tech University, likens what’s happening to a stewpot: Natural climate fluctuations such as El Nino go into it.
From Washington Times ● May 29, 2015
That reaction shot of Jesse glancing at Gus' stewpot is significant.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2011
He put the goats in the huge stewpot that hung above the fire, while Roskva and her mother cut up their winter stores of vegetables and dropped them into the stewpot.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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