cauldron

Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːl.dɹən/

The English word “cauldron” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
A type of encirclement.
An unsettled or difficult situation or place.

Etymology

From Middle English caudroun, borrowed from Old Northern French caudron, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), from Latin caldus (“hot”). Spelling later Latinized by having an l inserted. See chowder, caldera. The military sense is a semantic loan from German Kessel; compare English kettling.

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