cauldrons

plural of cauldron
as in kettles
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 cauldrons 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
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Noun
  • A number of kitchen electrics, including kettles and toaster ovens, are marked down on Cuisinart’s website.
    Melissa Knific, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • That’s why the United Kingdom’s National Grid engineers have to manage surges in energy use during popular broadcast events, when many viewers put their kettles on simultaneously.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • The women in your kitchen mixed the figs with walnuts, almonds, and sugar then boiled it all and stored it in clay pots for breakfast.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The elongated blending stick works great in deep pots and tall containers.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • In 2019, city employees began hanging about 500 trick-or-treat pumpkin buckets in the trees on Main Street every October.
    Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Health inspectors cited the soul food restaurant after discovering that the kitchen handwashing sink was blocked with multiple plastic buckets in the sink basin.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025

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