cauldron

as in kettle
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 cauldron Or a witch or wizard standing over a cauldron concocting life-altering potions. Simone Milasas, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi Nadia El-Fassi also crafted a stand-out witchy love story with Best Hex Ever, a novel that cranks up the cauldron fire in its love scenes. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024 Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Lining grocery store shelves are supplements like omega fish oil, goat’s rue and others that sound more like the ingredients of a witch’s cauldron. Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024 This retrograde vortex will be exhausting and annoying so don’t stir the cauldron; instead, focus on yourself. Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cauldron 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cauldron
Noun
  • The murder was tragic, but animosity seemed pointless—steam from a boiling kettle.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • She and her siblings were bathed in an aluminum tub in the kitchen, with hot water added from a kettle.
    Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Freshly squeezed orange and mango juices, as well as French press coffee pots were regularly refreshed.
    Matt Dutile, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2025
  • All that’s needed is a pot of boiling water kept at a steady 100 degrees C (212 degrees F), as well as a bowl filled with water kept at 30 degrees C (86 degrees F).
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Critics argue that $10 million is a drop in the bucket compared to the size of the problem.
    ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ The Texas Tribune, arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
  • The fly went off to be one of 15 on the lid of the soy sauce bucket next to the cookline.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025

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“Cauldron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cauldron. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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