cauldron

Definition of cauldronnext
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 Georgia State University has announced a plan to move the cauldron, the top portion of the Olympic flame, from Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood to Centennial Olympic Park. Nila Roper, AJC.com, 13 June 2026 Amid a cauldron of noise, Messi was off the bench and onto the field of play. Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 June 2026 Weil suggests that the peoples of America melded (or failed to meld) within a cauldron of suffering, their collective history a saga of bondage and dispossession. Literary Hub, 4 June 2026 Most fans respond positively Elite sports can be a cauldron of stress. Scott Parrott, The Conversation, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cauldron
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Noun
  • Along the nearby midway, two young women were selling kettle corn at one of the fair’s three kettle corn booths.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
  • A lot of hotels don't expect guests to do this (and aren't aware of this behavior) and don't 'deep' clean the kettles.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • One-pot meals are dinnertime heroes, and this one packs a ton of flavor in an easy-to-prepare recipe.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
  • On a 2023 episode of Celebrity IOU, the Property Brothers built one into a kitchen island using marble countertops, dual bowls and a pot filler.
    Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • Ray Boshara, a senior policy advisor at the Aspen Institute, says that lower-income families will primarily benefit from having that digital donation bucket that can accrue contributions for their kids.
    Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 8 July 2026
  • Give yourself a few years of spending window and put that into a bucket that isn’t correlated with the markets and draw from that.
    R.J. Cunningham, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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“Cauldron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cauldron. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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