hot pot

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. mutton or beef cooked with potatoes in a covered pot.

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Etymology

Origin of hot pot

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

Restaurants across Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai now offer single booths, one-person hot pot, and compact set meals.

From Barron's

Cooked on a stone slate -- or in a hot pot with vegetables -- the meat comes from bears culled to curb maulings that have killed a record 13 people this year.

From Barron's

These are tiny companies—hot pot restaurants, event planners, obscure consulting firms.

From Barron's

And what they will find is menus that go beyond the ubiquitous dumplings and hot pot.

From BBC

And somewhere deeper still, a dwarf is gently stirring hot pot in a dungeon, seasoning monsters like it’s the most natural thing in the world.

From Salon