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cauldron.

A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɔːl.dɹən//ˈkəʊl.dɹən/dated
  1. A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.

  2. A type of encirclement.

  3. An unsettled or difficult situation or place.

    figuratively
    a cauldron of discontent
Where this word comes from

From Middle English caudroun, borrowed from Old Northern French caudron, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), from Latin caldus (“hot”). Spelling later Latinized by having an l inserted. See chowder, caldera. The military sense is a semantic loan from German Kessel; compare English kettling.

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