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 The film was assembled in a cauldron of bad timing. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 22 Aug. 2025 As social flying mammals, bats typically live in colonies (or cauldrons) of up to 100 individual bats. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025 Researchers also came across seven iron cannons, along with copper cauldrons and rope. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Drift between Finnish saunas, salt and ice rooms, and sensory steam baths before plunging into the cauldron-style thalassotherapy whirlpool—its thermal seawater jets fizzing like tonic in a highball. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cauldron
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Noun
  • Instead of toys, drone pilots can win perks such as new combat boots, electric kettles, or upgraded night-vision goggles.
    Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • There are several variations, including the front squat, goblet squat (holding a weight or kettle bell), back squat (holding a bar on the shoulders) and the split squat (stationary lunge).
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It’s constructed from 100 percent silicone and features slotted holes and stainless steel clips that easily attach to any pot, pan, or skillet.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Kaplan, a sake evangelist, pairs French wines and harmonious sakes with abalone pot pies and fluffy shoku-pan croque-madames.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That collectible popcorn bucket.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The metaphor of a bucket of cold water is inadequate.
    Óscar Martínez & Carlos Martínez, The Dial, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Cauldron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cauldron. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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