cauldron /ˈkɔːl.dɹən/ noun3 •A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.Double, double, toile and trouble; / Fire burne, and Cauldron bubble. — 1606 •(figurative) An unsettled or difficult situation or place.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. — 2025 •A type of encirclement.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. — 1966 formscauldrons
