cauldron
noun /ˈkɔːldrən/
/ˈkɔːldrən/
(US English also caldron)
- a large deep pot for boiling liquids or cooking food over a fire
- a witch’s cauldron
- (figurative) The stadium was a seething cauldron of emotion.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French caudron, based on Latin caldarium, calidarium ‘cooking-pot’, from calidus ‘hot’.