stewpot

noun — 2 senses

stewpot

noun

Etymology From stew + pot.

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

Art, Arts, Literature, Media, Publishing 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:

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