large caldron or kettle

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• caldron — cal·dron || kɔːldrÉ™n n. large pot or kettle …   English contemporary dictionary

• Caldron — Cal dron (k[add]l dr[u^]n), n. [OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun, OF. caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudi[ e]re, LL. caldaria, fr. L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr. caldus, calidus, warm, fr. calere to be warm; cf. Skr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• caldron — [kôl′drən] n. [ME & Anglo Fr caudron < OFr chauderon < L calderia: see CALDARIUM] 1. a large kettle or boiler 2. a violently agitated condition like the boiling contents of a caldron …   English World dictionary

• Kettle —    A large pot for cooking. The same Hebrew word (dud, boiling ) is rendered also pot (Ps. 81:6), caldron (2 Chr. 35:13), basket (Jer. 24:2). It was used for preparing the peace offerings (1 Sam. 2:13, 14) …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Cauldron — For other uses, see Cauldron (disambiguation). Hungarian goulash in a traditional bogrács (cauldron) A cauldron or caldron[citation needed] is a large metal pot (ket …   Wikipedia

• cauldron — Caldron Cal dron (k[add]l dr[u^]n), n. [OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun, OF. caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudi[ e]re, LL. caldaria, fr. L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr. caldus, calidus, warm, fr. calere to be warm; cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cal|dron — «KL druhn», noun. 1. a large kettle or boiler. 2. Figurative: »When the great caldron of war is seething (James Russell Lowell). The place can be a caldron of gales in winter (Atlantic). Also, cauldron. ╂[< Old North French cauderon < Late… …   Useful english dictionary

• cauldron — noun Etymology: Middle English, caudron, caldron, from Anglo French cauderon, diminutive of caldere basin, from Late Latin caldaria, from feminine of Latin caldarius used for hot water, from calidus warm, from calēre to be warm more at lee Date:… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cauldron — /kawl dreuhn/, n. a large kettle or boiler. Also, caldron. [1250 1300; ME, alter. (by assoc. with L caldus warm) of ME cauderon < AF, equiv. to caudere ( < LL caldaria; see CALDERA) + on n. suffix] * * * …   Universalium

• Basket —    There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version:    1) A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier) for holding bread (Gen. 40:16; Ex. 29:3, 23; Lev. 8:2, 26, 31; Num. 6:15, 17, 19). Sometimes baskets were made of twigs… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• pot — Synonyms and related words: DET, DMT, Dutch oven, LSD, Mary Jane, Old Mug, STP, THC, abdomen, abomasum, acid, adobe, alcohol stove, ante, antidepressant, ataractic, bag, bake, baker, bank, barbecue, barrel, basket, batch, bay window, bays, bed,… …   Moby Thesaurus