cauldron

as in kettle
a large open container that is usually used for cooking They filled the cauldron with what seemed like an endless amount of clams.

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Recent Examples of cauldron Two crones in Budapest are lording over a cauldron of goulash right now discussing the game. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025 Lakes in hot water, climate change creating a cauldron of issues One Earth. Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025 But this steaming cauldron of penicillin has its own unique twist that the name gives away up front, eggs and lemon, the former of which imparts a silky, creamy texture, the latter a wonderful burst of tartness. Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025 One grave contained fragments of gilded oval brooches, part of a metal cauldron and a book clasp that had been repurposed as jewelry. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cauldron
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Noun
  • There’s a clear ebb and flow to each match, but the nature of the game’s format means that every bout is a long-simmering kettle that’s primed to boil over by the time the storm’s iris forces all survivors together in a face-off to the death.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Pie plates are 20-cents and 25-cents; tea kettles, $1.34; a Philco 45-record play with two records, $19.00, and a Westinghouse 7 cubic foot refrigerator at $195.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In the demo at MWC, a Google representative asked Gemini what glaze would suit a clay pot and launched the camera within Gemini Live to point at the glaze samples.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The Trump administration's decision to put the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on ice has left a $100 million pot of money intended for borrowers allegedly harmed by the student loan servicer NavientNAVI.O sitting in limbo, according to an advocacy organization.
    Douglas Gillison, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This can be clearly seen as Murray pulls examples out of the bucket.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
  • UConn erased its deficit in the first four minutes of the second half with buckets from Ball and Johnson.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025

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“Cauldron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cauldron. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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