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  • noun Plural form of cauldron.

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Examples

  • River and mountain have their traditions of spectres and transformations; giant "cauldrons" resound in the mountains, and monumental stones are erected over warriors, who "buckled on their belts," and fell in single combat.

    Strife and Peace Fredrika Bremer 1833

  • Valley of Death - Journeying across the Siberian taiga in search of the strange "cauldrons" said to have been left by alien visitors - or ancient demons.

    About.com Paranormal Phenomena 2010

  • Its restaurants specialize in Mongolian hot pot, in which diners dip meat and vegetables in communal cauldrons of bubbling broth.

    Yum Offers to Buy Chinese Restaurant Chain Jason Dean 2011

  • Men in one line, women and children in another, they wait their turn to access one of the giant cauldrons in the kitchen, where rice donated by the people of Mogadishu is doled out into their pots, or sometimes simply into a plastic bag.

    Displaced Somalis Face Overcrowding at Refugee Camps 2011

  • But in this city best known for images of broomsticks and bubbling cauldrons, most people want to engage the witches, who worship both gods and goddesses in pagan rites that include casting spells and connecting with ancestral spirits.

    Christians, Pagans Compete (Gently) For Salem's Souls Josh Fleet 2010

  • Men in one line, women and children in another, they wait their turn to access one of the giant cauldrons in the kitchen, where rice donated by the people of Mogadishu is doled out into their pots, or sometimes simply into a plastic bag.

    Displaced Somalis Face Overcrowding at Refugee Camps 2011

  • The blacks were not outraged from the standpoint of cleanliness; they often took baths in the cauldrons themselves.

    Chapter 7 2010

  • Inside, volunteers man two huge iron cauldrons, scooping out a ladle of boiled white rice into each container.

    Mogadishu Offers Little Comfort to Somalis Arriving From Famine 2011

  • Some "atrophy," as she put it, and head for more low-key destinations, but many stick around, "because despite all of the pressure, and the cost of real estate, it is still one of the greatest cauldrons of people alive."

    Stretching Out for Art Lizzie Simon 2011

  • Inside, volunteers man two huge iron cauldrons, scooping out a ladle of boiled white rice into each container.

    Mogadishu Offers Little Comfort to Somalis Arriving From Famine 2011

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