Meaning

A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame..

Definitions by Sense

1. A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
2. (military) A type of encirclement.
3. (figurative) An unsettled or difficult situation or place.

Example Sentences

Double, double, toile and trouble; / Fire burne, and Cauldron bubble.

[…] I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses … […]

Large cauldrons are a little tricky to locate, but are well worth the search if you have a place to safely store and use one.

Near-synonym: kettle

After having defended the constantly shrinking perimeter of their position for over two weeks, the encircled German units in the Cherkassy “cauldron” were ordered to break out.

The cauldron had been formed, and some 2,000 Soviets had been encircled in it; the division estimated this quite a success.

This could have been avoided had the Ukrainian Army either evacuated the troops in the southern cauldron once it became clear that their position was untenable or reinforced them substantially in order to reopen supply lines.

Near-synonyms: kettle, pickle; see also Thesaurus:difficult situation

Word Forms

• cauldrons
• caldron
• caudron
• cawdron
• caadron

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Use cauldron when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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