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 One of the cauldrons, thought to have been used for mixing wine, was decorated in both Mediterranean and Iron Age styles. Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 25 Mar. 2025 Even in the first leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the travelling pack of Frankfurt fans in the north-east corner were a rumbling presence throughout, telegraphing the cauldron of noise awaiting the home side in the return fixture in Germany. Elias Burke, New York Times, 8 May 2025 That scanning process allows the importance of connections across musicians from different times to build and build, as the surreal montage unfolds and the camera swirls like the turning of a magic cauldron. Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 18 Apr. 2025 At the Altes Museum, the first museum built on the island, find funerary sculptures, bronze cauldrons, mummy portraits and other remains of classical antiquity. Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cauldron
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Noun
  • Amazon is having a huge sale on small kitchen appliances like Ninja air fryers, KitchenAid hand blenders and electric kettles.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
  • In addition to six hours of music and dancing, guests can enjoy food, kettle corn, soft drinks, wine and beer, a family fun zone, prizes, raffle items and a silent auction.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Many bushy shrubs can also be grown in pots to produce a lush, standalone container planting.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
  • And there’s so much California buckwheat Massa has had to thin out some of the plants and put them in pots for others to take home.
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • At Deep Spring Farm in Alachua, Florida, visitors can fill their buckets with organic blueberries before settling in for a picnic beneath the shade of a giant live oak.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
  • Different fragments of the bucket were uncovered in past excavations, but this latest discovery gave researchers more to study.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 May 2025

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“Cauldron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cauldron. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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