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# cauldron

noun (a cauldron, cauldrons); US also caldron

«cauldron» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A very large, deep metal pot for cooking over a fire, often shown in stories with witches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/#m1)
2. A place or situation full of violent feelings or wild activity («a cauldron of noise»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/#m2)
3. (sport) The large bowl in which the Olympic flame burns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories and fairy tales witches stir a bubbling cauldron of potion. In history lessons people cooked in cauldrons over open fires. In news and sport it describes a stadium full of noise or a tense situation. The Olympic cauldron is lit at the opening ceremony. It tells the reader about bubbling, heat or wild excitement.

### Examples

- The witch stirred her bubbling cauldron. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/#x1)
- In Viking times, families cooked stew in an iron cauldron. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/#x2)
- The Olympic cauldron was lit by a young athlete. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/#x3)
- The stadium was a cauldron of noise when the goal went in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/#x4)
- Steam rose from the cauldron over the campfire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/#x5)
- In Macbeth, three witches chant around a cauldron. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/#x6)
- The classroom was a cauldron of excitement before the holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/#x7)
- Then the witch placed her cauldron on the fire, to prepare the magic draught. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a cauldron, cauldrons. Say «KORL-drun». The US also writes «caldron». Witches with cauldrons are from stories and folk tales, not real life.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cauldron» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauldron/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cauldron» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cauldron.html) on Mova free.