iron pot

collocation in English

meaningsofironandpot

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iron
noun
uk
/aɪən/us
/aɪrn/
a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts ...
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pot
noun
uk
/pɒt/us
/pɑːt/
any of various types of container, usually round, especially one used for ...
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(Definition ofironandpotfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofiron pot

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Anironpotstood on one of the best damask table-cloths.
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Foods were reheated or cooked over in anironpothung from a hook and the fire served as a heat source.
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He kept all his victuals in a large,ironpot.
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In this theironpotproposes a journey together to the clay pot, which is only persuaded by the stronger pot's offer to protect him.
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The dish was traditionally cooked in anironpotor cauldron over the fire and eaten with wooden spoons.
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To encourage largesse, sometimes anironpotwas passed around: the day was represented on old calendars with the figure of a cauldron.
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He was thought to have buried the money (gold and silver coins) in anironpotfor sake-keeping until the illness passed.
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From the start the light was simply anironpotplaced on the ground.
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By cooking the rice and various ingredients in anironpot, the rice gets slightly burned at the bottom which adds a desirable flavor to the rice.
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Effect of consumption of food cooked in iron pots on iron status and growth of young children : a randomised trial.
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They cited as examples the iron pots and enamelled dishes that serve in place of the calabashes of olden days.
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Lard is made by rendering - heating fragments of fat in a largeironpotover a fire until it is reduced to simmering grease which congeals when cooled.
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White phosphorus could be then be made by heating the precipitated phosphates, mixed with ground coal or charcoal in anironpot, and distilling off phosphorus vapour in a retort.
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You cover at once the whole industry of hollow-ware manufacture and of cast iron pots and pans, which are used as domestic utensils.
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The equipment consisted of a row of about 8-9 iron pots, which could be heated from below.
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