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 Enzo Maresca’s team were 2-0 down inside 11 minutes in a cauldron of hostile noise at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when the sides last met in early December. Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025 In the gloom of the locker room, that cauldron of swirling pride and pain that fills these spaces when a season suddenly stops, UConn men’s hockey coach Mike Cavanaugh asked each of his players to go thank their captains. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025 The cauldron even exhibited Mediterranean influences, suggesting a greater interconnectivity in Europe than previously understood. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2025 Yet so far what these two billionaires have achieved is to crush the world’s poorest children in a cauldron of confusion and cruelty. Nicholas D. Kristof, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cauldron
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Noun
  • For example, an electric kettle requires 1,200 watts when switched on, and a microwave uses 1,000 watts.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Just like on the brand’s Dutch ovens, the stainless steel knob on top of this kettle is etched with the Le Creuset name.
    Clint Davis, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The 70-year-old described herself as a former hippie who began smoking pot in 1969.
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2025
  • Sturdy tomato cages are often too big for a pot, but a single stake will help your plant stand tall.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Essentially, each state gets its own bucket, noted Dr. Mujeeb Basit, a modeling expert on disease spread who wasn’t involved with the new research.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Funds to prevent people from becoming homeless, for example, are spread over all three buckets of money.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Cauldron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cauldron. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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