Dictionary

stewpot en · NOUN

Etymology

From stew + pot.

Meanings

1. A pot used for making stew, usually large and heavy.
   • What my parents served me from that very same stewpot was chicken. 2009 February 4, Melissa Clark, “Braised Rabbit, Easier on the Fat”, in New York Times:
2. A jumble, especially one that lacks intellectual coherence.
   • It’s a nasty stewpot of intellectually untenable premises and irresponsible speculation that frequently reads like a “Saturday Night Live” parody of the crackpot right. 2007 February 6, Michiko Kakutani, “Dispatch From Gomorrah, Savaging the Cultural Left”, in New York Times:

Forms

Translations (14)

es cazuela (pot used for making stew) · de Hafen (pot used for making stew) · es olla (pot used for making stew) · cmn 燉鍋 /炖锅 (pot used for making stew) · cmn 混亂 /混乱 (jumble) · gl ola (pot used for making stew) · de Kochtopf (pot used for making stew) · pl rondel (jumble) · fi sekamelska (jumble) · fi pata (pot used for making stew) · pl gar (pot used for making stew) · fr fait-tout (pot used for making stew) · fi sekoitus (jumble) · ca olla (pot used for making stew)