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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

cauldron

/ˈkɑldɹən/

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What does cauldron mean?

noun

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

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkɑldɹən/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈkɔldɹən/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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And now about the cauldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
Soon, everything had passed through the cauldron of water, soap and soda to the drying-towels and on to the shelves.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
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As on the former occasion he overthrew the cauldron before leaping, sinuous and catlike, into the lower branches of the forest giant.
Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the ApesProject Gutenberg ebook #78
On your right is a slit, probably caused by volcanic force, through which the waters after whirling in the cauldron eventually escape.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
If the taste is at all equal to the smell, the rankest witches broth ever brewed in reeking cauldron would probably be preferable.
James InglisSport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo PlanterProject Gutenberg ebook #10818