stewpot

See also: Stewpot

English

Etymology

From stew +‎ pot.

Noun

stewpot (plural stewpots)

1. A pot used for making stew, usually large and heavy.
   • 2009 February 4, Melissa Clark, “Braised Rabbit, Easier on the Fat”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     What my parents served me from that very same stewpot was chicken.

2. (art, literature) A jumble, especially one that lacks intellectual coherence.
   • 2007 February 6, Michiko Kakutani, “Dispatch From Gomorrah, Savaging the Cultural Left”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     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.

Translations

pot used for making stew

• Catalan: olla (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燉鍋／炖锅 (zh) (dùnguō)

• Finnish: pata (fi)
• French: fait-tout (fr) m
• German: Kochtopf (de) m, Hafen (de) m (Southern Germany)
• Spanish: olla (es) f

jumble

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 混亂／混乱 (zh) (hùnluàn)

• Finnish: sekoitus (fi), sekamelska (fi)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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