1. a large metal pot used for cooking over a fire
2. a situation or place of intense activity or strong emotions
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The witch stirred her bubbling cauldron over the fire.
• They cooked soup for the entire village in a large iron cauldron.
• The old cauldron hung from a chain above the hearth.
• The city became a cauldron of political unrest.
• The stock market was a cauldron of frantic trading.
• Steam rose from the cauldron as the stew simmered.
• The protest turned the square into a cauldron of anger.