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caldron definition

cal·dron (kôl′drən)

noun

  1. a large kettle or boiler
  2. a violently agitated condition like the boiling contents of a caldron

Etymology: ME & Anglo-Fr caudron < OFr chauderon < L calderia: see caldarium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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