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caudron

/ˈkɔːdɹən/

caudron is the obsolete form of cauldron.

Meaning of cauldron

Noun

cauldron (plural cauldrons)

  1. A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
    • Double, double, toile and trouble; / Fire burne, and Cauldron bubble.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...
  2. A type of encirclement.
    • Near-synonym: kettle
    Synonyms:
    kettle
  3. (figuratively) An unsettled or difficult situation or place.
    • Near-synonyms: kettle, pickle; see also Thesaurus:difficult situation

Forms of caudron

pluralcaudrons

Questions about caudron

What is caudron the obsolete form of?
Caudron is the obsolete form of cauldron.
How do you pronounce caudron?
Caudron is pronounced /ˈkɔːdɹən/.

Words near caudron in the dictionary

  1. caudoventrally
  2. caudoventrolateral
  3. caudoventrolaterally
  4. caudoversion
  5. caudoversions
  6. caudron
  7. caudrons
  8. Caudwell
  9. Caudwells
  10. cauf
  11. Cauffman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caudron (page history and authors); cauldron (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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