cauldron

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English

Hungarian goulash in a cauldron
WOTD – 31 October 2012

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Etymology

From Middle English caudron, borrowed from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ONF." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. (Old French chaudron, chauderon), itself from a derivative of Latin calidārium, caldārium (“cooking-pot”), from calidus (“hot”). Spelling later Latinized by having an l inserted.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔːl.dɹən/
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Noun

cauldron (plural cauldrons)

  1. A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
    Synonym: kettle
    • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
      Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
    • 1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Raincoast Books, →ISBN, page 102:
      […] 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 … […]
    • 2004, Carl Neal, The Magick Toolbox: The Ultimate Compendium for Choosing and Using Ritual Implements and Magickal Tools, Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, →ISBN:
      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.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cauldron.

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