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cauldron

The definition of a cauldron is a very large iron pot that is used for boiling or cooking, or a situation where there are a lot of strong and usually angry emotions.

(noun)

An example of a cauldron is a big black pot in which you might cook chili.
An example of a cauldron is a meeting between two people who are suing each other for divorce and who feel very angry towards each other.

See cauldron in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

caldron

See cauldron in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also cal·dron

noun

A large vessel, such as a kettle or vat, used for boiling.
A state or situation of great distress or unrest felt to resemble a boiling kettle or vat: a cauldron of conflicting corporate politics.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , alteration of cauderon

Origin: , from Norman French

Origin: , diminutive of caudiere, cooking pot

Origin: , from Late Latin caldāria

Origin: , from feminine of Latin caldārius, suitable for warming

Origin: , from calidus, warm; see kelə-¹ in Indo-European roots

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