mudpot
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom mud + pot. From being a mud-filled hole, resembling a pot. First use appears c. 1872. See cite below.
Noun
editmudpot (plural mudpots)
- (hydrology, volcanology) A type of acidic hot spring, or fumarole, with a limited amount of water.
- Synonym: mud pool
- 1872, Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States, Department of the Interior, Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana, and Portions of Adjacent Territories, page 92:
- but the continual caving in of the sides has produced a sort of mud-pot, exactly the same as the process of preparing a kettle of mush.
- An earthenware pot.