cauldron

== English == === Alternative forms === caldron (archaic) caudron, cawdron, caadron (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔːl.dɹən/, (dated) /ˈkəʊl.dɹən/ Hyphenation: caul‧dron === Noun === cauldron (plural cauldrons) A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame. Hypernyms: pot; vessel Coordinate terms: kettle (sometimes synonymous), copper, spider; roasting pan, roaster, stewer, Dutch oven For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cauldron. (military) A type of encirclement. Near-synonym: kettle (figurative) An unsettled or difficult situation or place. Near-synonyms: kettle, pickle; see also Thesaurus:difficult situation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== calorie chowder caldera scald coddle ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (difficult situation): out of the frying pan, into the fire === Anagrams === Courland, crunodal