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noun
A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pot, vessel
noun
A type of encirclement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
Synonyms: kettle
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An unsettled or difficult situation or place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Synonyms: kettle, pickle, ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cauldron, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, doghouse, fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, ordeal, pinch, plight, predicament, quandary, quagmire, situation, spot, spot of bother, sticky situation, sticky wicket, tight spot, trouble
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a very large pot that is used for boiling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: caldron
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pot
History
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.
Across languages
165 source translations are retained for this English entry.
