Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very large kettle or boiler. Also spelled
cauldron .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also
cauldron .]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
cauldron .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a very large pot that is used for boiling
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Examples
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Below one side of the caldron was a circular stone basin from which ran a polished stone trough.
The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998
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"caldron," a term synonymous with boiling liquids, hot gases and great underlying heat.
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"caldron," a term synonymous with boiling liquids, hot gases and great underlying heat.
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No more bombs fell from the windows, the last pedestrians seemed to have vanished from the streets, and our immediate quietude grew more profound; though the gigantic caldron continued to bubble in the distance, dull roars of explosions came to us from all directions, and the smoke-pillars were towering more ominously in the heavens.
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A vague sound came to our ears, like the bubbling of a gigantic caldron a long way off, and Hartman said it was machine-guns and automatic rifles.
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Out of the caldron of personal experience, Jack Watts shares the insights of his journey in an easy-to-follow, yet powerful format.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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Out of the caldron of personal experience, Jack Watts shares the insights of his journey in an easy-to-follow, yet powerful format.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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"I'm here to tell you that one of the most fundamental pillars of what we see going on in our communities, this combustible caldron of genocide and death, is this war on drugs," said Ron Daniels, CEO of the Institute of the Black World, which held the forum at which Rev.
Dr. Boyce Watkins: Jesse Jackson, Black Leaders Are Right About Ending the War on Drugs Dr. Boyce Watkins 2011
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"I'm here to tell you that one of the most fundamental pillars of what we see going on in our communities, this combustible caldron of genocide and death, is this war on drugs," said Ron Daniels, CEO of the Institute of the Black World, which held the forum at which Rev.
Dr. Boyce Watkins: Jesse Jackson, Black Leaders Are Right About Ending the War on Drugs Dr. Boyce Watkins 2011
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In the meantime Davis had started a fire and filled a caldron with potatoes.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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