Cauldron Definition
kôldrən
cauldrons
noun
cauldrons
A large kettle or boiler.
Webster's New World
A state or situation of great distress or unrest felt to resemble a boiling kettle or vat.
A cauldron of conflicting corporate politics.
American Heritage
A violently agitated condition like the boiling contents of a cauldron.
Webster's New World
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Noun
Singular:
cauldron
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cauldronsOrigin of Cauldron
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Middle English alteration of cauderon from Norman French diminutive of caudiere cooking pot from Late Latin caldāria from feminine of Latin caldārius suitable for warming from calidus warm kelə-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English, from Old Northern French caudron (Old French chaudron), itself from a derivative of Latin calidārium, caldārium from calidus (“hot”).
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