1. large, deep cooking pots used for making stocks, soups, or cooking large quantities of food

Examples

• The restaurant kitchen had several large stockpots simmering on the stove.
• She bought two new stockpots for her catering business.
• The chef used a 12-quart stockpot to make chicken broth.
• Professional kitchens typically have multiple stockpots of different sizes.
• He filled the stockpot with water and vegetables to make soup.
• The stockpots were too heavy to lift when full of liquid.