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How to use cauldron in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Cauldron means a large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame. Example: “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.”

Examples of cauldron by meaning

nounA large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.

  • 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.2004, Carl Neal, The Magick Toolbox: The Ultimate Compendium for Choosing and Using Ritual Implements and Magickal Tools, Red Wheel/Weiser...

nounA type of encirclement.

  • After having defended the constantly shrinking perimeter of their position for over two weeks, the encircled German units in the Cherkassy “cauldron” were ordered to break out.1966, George H. Stein, The Waffen SS: Hitler’s Elite Guard at War, 1939–1945, →ISBN, page 217
  • The cauldron had been formed, and some 2,000 Soviets had been encircled in it; the division estimated this quite a success.2012, Hans Wijers, Winter Storm: The Battle for Stalingrad and the Operation to Rescue 6th Army, →ISBN, page 153
  • This could have been avoided had the Ukrainian Army either evacuated the troops in the southern cauldron once it became clear that their position was untenable or reinforced them substantially in order to reopen supply lines.2016, Paul Robinson, “Explaining the Ukrainian Army’s defeat in Donbass in 2014”, in J. L. Black, Michael Johns, editors, The Return of the...

nounAn unsettled or difficult situation or place.

  • a cauldron of discontent
  • With Old Trafford a cauldron of noise, Kobbie Mainoo somehow kept his cool to curl an equaliser into the corner of the Lyon goal as the tie entered its final minute.2025 April 17, Simon Stone, “Manchester United 5-4 Olympique Lyonnais”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 31 May 2025

More sentences with cauldron

  • In this seething cauldron of drastic change, what of the historical society?1961, The Iowa Journal of History (State Historical Society of Iowa), volume 59, issues 1–2, page 123. From the entry égalitarianism
  • Stews, soups, and braised dishes are often prepared in a bogrács, a traditional cauldron, over an open fire.2024, All Complete Guides, Learn to Speak and Write Hungarian in 30 Days, →ISBN, page 229. From the entry bogrács
  • My husband chops wood for the bogracs, our big Hungarian soup pot that loosely resembles a witch’s cauldron.2012 July 21, Judi Resick-Csokai, “Grandma’s magic soup pot: The ultimate comfort food grounds us in our ancient roots”, in Pittsburgh…. From the entry bogracs
  • They pour no milky draughts, they heat no cauldron.2001 -, Edwin Bryant, The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture, →ISBN. From the entry fire-worship
  • Now, before stirring small-caps into your investment cauldron, you must first thoroughly understand the ingredients and their effects.2001, David Gardner, Tom Gardner, The Motley Fool Investment Guide […] , Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 100. From the entry small-cap
  • The colorful proceedings are augmented by the presence of vendors who serve steamed, cracked crabs out of cauldrons, along with other walkaway fish specialties.2012, Rosanna Cirigliano and Richard Fremantle, “Fisherman’s Wharf”, in San Francisco, page 37. From the entry walkaway
  • At sea a special cauldron of 'ki,' prepared by the ship's cook, is sent round action stations in 'fannies' or large pitchers.1917, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, volumes 34-35, page 217. From the entry ki
  • Oh, they seem to be the picture of contentment, tripping about with their triple-sanitized trowels and weeding forks, but in reality these neatniks are a seething cauldron of aversions.2006, Des Kennedy, The Passionate Gardener: Adventures of an Ardent Green Thumb, Greystone Books, →ISBN, page 208. From the entry blennophobia
  • The flames that so frequently burst from a crashed airplane became an instantaneous cauldron; many a pilot has lived through the crash to die in the fire that followed.1930 December, Lawrence M. Guyer, “Chuck Luck: The Story of a Flying Dog”, in Boys' Life. From the entry crack up

Meaning of cauldron

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

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Questions about cauldron in a sentence

How do you use cauldron in a sentence?
Cauldron is used as a noun. For example: “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.”
What is a short sentence with cauldron?
“a cauldron of discontent”
What does cauldron mean?
Cauldron means a large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.

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