boiling pot
Heated cooking container
A boiling pot is a pot of liquid heated to the point of bubbling vigorously.
The phrase often appears figuratively for situations of intense activity, conflict, or tension ready to overflow: The region became a boiling pot of ethnic tensions.
A boiling pot of ideas suggests creative ferment.
- bubblingForming gas spheres
- simmeringCooking below boiling point
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- cauldronLarge metal cooking pot
- stewSlow-simmered meat dish
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boiling potice bucket
Insulated cube holder
ice bath · cooler · cold water bath · freezer · ice chest
boiling potcalm waters
Undisturbed body of liquid
still pond · tranquil setting · dead zone · stagnant pool · dormant state
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