melting pot

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noun
  1. a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused.

  2. a country, locality, or situation in which cultural assimilation results in blending the heritage and traditions of previously distinct ethnic groups.

Origin of melting pot

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Words Nearby melting pot

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How to use melting pot in a sentence

  • In the great Caribbean melting pot, one group is largely overlooked: Jewish refugees who settled centuries ago.

    Uncovering Jamaica’s Jewish Past | Debra A. Klein | December 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • “This is a melting pot for startup experimentation,” says Evans.

  • Here at or toward the end of the Neolithic period was the “melting-pot” for the fusion of these peoples and their cultures.

  • The half-formed sphere in the melting pot joined and the entire building rang with the shrill screams.

    The Whispering Spheres | Russell Robert Winterbotham
  • The college plate and the jewels left by pious benefactors were stolen, and went to the melting-pot.

    Oxford | Andrew Lang
  • The beautiful old college plate began its journey to the melting-pot.

    Oxford | Andrew Lang
  • For as time had gone on the world had beheld the colossal spectacle of a huge nation in the melting pot.

    Robin | Frances Hodgson Burnett

British Dictionary definitions for melting pot

melting pot

noun
  1. a pot in which metals or other substances are melted, esp in order to mix them

  2. an area in which many races, ideas, etc, are mixed

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Cultural definitions for melting pot

melting pot

A term expressing the view that immigrants to the United States have been fused or melted into a single people.

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