Cauldron

[ kawl-druhn ]

noun

1. a large metal pot with a lid and handle, used for cooking over an open fire.
2. a situation characterized by instability and strong emotions.

Examples of cauldron in a sentence:

• When our family went camping we would often use a cauldron to slowly cook our stew for dinner.  
• Hastily scooping it all into the cauldron he saw, to his surprise, that the potion immediately turned exactly the shade of lilac.