cauldron

Definitions

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

Equivalents

51 more languages

العربيةالقدرقَدَرمرجل

Azərbaycan diliqazan

Беларускаякацёл

Българскиказанкотел

བོད་སྐད།ཁྲོ་ཟངསདཀྱིལ་ཁྲོ

Bosanskikazankotaoказанкотао+ 1 more

Catalàcaldera

Češtinakotel

Cymraegcallorcrochanpair

Danskkedel

Ελληνικάκαζάνιχύτρα

Esperantokaldrono

Eestikatel

Suomipata

Gaeilgecoire

Gàidhligcoire

Galegobiolocaldeiracaldeiro

Hrvatskikazankotaoказанкотао+ 1 more

Magyarbográcskatlanüst

Հայերենկաթսա

Bahasa Indonesiabelangakaldronkawahkencengketelkuali+ 3 more

Íslenskaketill

Italianocaldaiacalderonepaiolopentolone+ 1 more

日本語大釜釜鑊

ქართულიქვაბი

Қазақ тіліқазан

ភាសាខ្មែរខ្វាន់

한국어鑊鬴가마가마솥솥+ 2 more

Kurdîqazanvac

Кыргызчаказан

Latinaaenumcaldariacortinacucumalebesparium+ 3 more

ລາວຫມໍ້

Te Reo Māorikōhua

Македонскиказанкотел

Монголтогоо

Bahasa Melayukaldronkawahkuali

Nederlandsketel

Polskibograczkocioł

Portuguêscaldeirão

RomânăCeaun

Русскийказанкотёл

Slovenčinakotol

Shqipkazan

Српскиkazankotaoказанкотао+ 1 more

Svenskagrytakittel

ไทยหมอหม้อน้ำ

Tagalogkaldero

Türkçekazan

Українськабанякказанкоте́л

اردودیگ

Tiếng Việtnồivạc

Examples

“Double⟳, double⟳, toile and trouble⟳; / Fire burne, and Cauldron bubble.”

“[…] I don't expect⟳ you will really understand⟳ the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep⟳ through human veins, bewitching the mind⟳, ensnaring the senses … […]”

“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.”

“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.”

“The cauldron had been formed, and some 2,000 Soviets had been encircled in it; the division estimated this quite a success.”

“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.”

“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.”

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