Used in a Sentence

cauldron

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cauldron.

Editorial note

Sometimes, if you're lucky, a cauldron shape will form which puts on an impressive light show at night.

Examples18
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cauldron gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

(figurative) An unsettled difficult situation or place.

noun

(military) A strategic encirclement.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cauldron.

noun

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

noun

(figurative) An unsettled difficult situation or place.

noun

(military) A strategic encirclement.

Example sentences

1

Sometimes, if you're lucky, a cauldron shape will form which puts on an impressive light show at night.

2

That bubbling cauldron of ideas does generate a lot of noise, but it also generates new ideas and progress.

3

Yeah this entire thread is a caustic cauldron of hate towards a 12 year old girl.

4

No, because its transparent, it disappears 90% of the time and all that remains is the boiling cauldron of hate.

5

One can look at presentations from the recent GNU Cauldron 2013 for discussion of the topic.

6

The friend worked in the closest equivalent to hell that I've ever seen (well, the cauldron part anyway).

7

Sidenote: the GNU Tools Cauldron was a very enjoyable event with many interesting talks.

8

I'm excited to see what insights will bubble up from the roiling cauldron of ideas sure to spring from your observation.

9

The Black Cauldron was a Sierra game that we could learn to play ourselves.

10

It is a cauldron for resentment, enmity and eventually revolution.

11

Into this cauldron of change is where we will find the next disruptive moves.

12

We'll need to see how long the game lasts, since along with the development company Mojang being purchased by Microsoft, they don't always handle interactions with supporting projects such as Buckit, Forge or Cauldron too gracefully.

Quote examples

1

You "throw it in the cauldron" and then rigorously debate everything in the pot in a manner divorced from the people who contributed it.

2

I like iterative development but I also really like the author's "cauldron of soup" metaphor.

3

I second "Institute" as being better; it summons to mind the Instute for Advanced Study and other think-tank, idea-cauldron kind of places.

4

He is at least not going to condemn you to an eternity in a boiling cauldron what "merciful Gods" typically would do out of "pure love for you soul".

Proper noun examples

1

I just got a tattoo done in CGA magenta/cyan/green (a composite frame from Sierra's Black Cauldron).

2

Cauldron[1] works on Mac OS X, Linux and PC.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cauldron in a sentence?

Sometimes, if you're lucky, a cauldron shape will form which puts on an impressive light show at night.

What does cauldron mean?

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

What part of speech is cauldron?

cauldron is commonly used as noun.