Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pot with a cover for making stews, soups, etc.
- noun A covered pan used for heating rooms with charcoal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pot used for stewing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A pot used for making
stew , usually large and heavy - noun art, literature A
jumble , especially one that lacks intellectualcoherence
Etymologies
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Examples
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The cruciferous veggies usually found in the stewpot are a concentrated source of good health as well.
Neil Zevnik: Forget The Gold -- Go For The Greens! Neil Zevnik 2012
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The cruciferous veggies usually found in the stewpot are a concentrated source of good health as well.
Neil Zevnik: Forget The Gold -- Go For The Greens! Neil Zevnik 2012
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The cruciferous veggies usually found in the stewpot are a concentrated source of good health as well.
Neil Zevnik: Forget The Gold -- Go For The Greens! Neil Zevnik 2012
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Mutations are usually negligible changes that get tossed into the stewpot of the gene pool, where they simmer mostly unnoticed and invisible to selection.
It's more than genes, it's networks and systems - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Mutations are usually negligible changes that get tossed into the stewpot of the gene pool, where they simmer mostly unnoticed and invisible to selection.
Developmental buffering, or how to live with your bad genes - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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That's the kind of stuff that comforts us when we read it, that keeps the patina of civilization over the roiling stewpot of daily business.
Fortune's Stanley Bing: How to Bury Your Former Partner 2010
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(On a previous trip to Guangzhou, I ran into housewives plowing through cages of puppies and kittens to pick a particularly tasty-looking one for the stewpot.)
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Mutations are usually negligible changes that get tossed into the stewpot of the gene pool, where they simmer mostly unnoticed and invisible to selection.
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On a previous visit, I ran into housewives plowing through cages of puppies and kittens to pick a particularly tasty-looking one for the stewpot.
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The answer, according to emerging clues and security analysts, is that North Waziristan, once a hub of Taliban fighters with links to Pakistan's military, has evolved into a stewpot of militant groups, each with different loyalties.
In Pakistan, ex-spy Khalid Khawaja's killing is surrounded by mystery 2010
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