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.
- a large bowl in a stadium that is lit in the opening ceremony of a big sports event, especially the Olympic Games
- the lighting of the Olympic cauldron
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French caudron, based on Latin caldarium, calidarium ‘cooking-pot’, from calidus ‘hot’.
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