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Cauldron

//ˈkɔːl.dɹən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.

    "Double, double, toile and trouble; / Fire burne, and Cauldron bubble."

  2. 2
    a very large pot that is used for boiling wordnet
  3. 3
    A strategic encirclement.

    "After having defended the constantly shrinking perimeter of their position for over two weeks, the encircled German units in the Cherkassy “cauldron” were ordered to break out."

  4. 4
    An unsettled difficult situation or place. figuratively

    "a cauldron of discontent"

Etymology

From Middle English caudroun, borrowed from Old Northern French caudron, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), from Latin caldus (“hot”). Spelling later Latinized by having an l inserted. See chowder, caldera. The military sense is a semantic loan from German Kessel; compare English kettling.

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