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noun

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

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

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Origin of melting pot

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Words nearby melting pot

meltage, meltdown, meltemi, melter, melting point, melting pot, melt in one's mouth, melton, Melton Mowbray, meltwater, melty

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How to use melting pot in a sentence

A patchwork network of vaccination—highly vaccinated populations side-by-side with unvaccinated populations—creates a melting pot for the virus to simmer into something stronger, something worse.
How the Coronavirus Stays One Step Ahead of Us - Issue 108: Change|Megan Scudellari|November 3, 2021|Nautilus
America, the land of the ethno-racial melting pot, is once again facing what the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal optimistically called The American Dilemma in 1944.
George Floyd Protests Show How The US Has Retreated From Its Position As A World Leader|LGBTQ-Editor|June 9, 2020|No Straight News
It's often said that America is a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities.
What It's Like To Be Ambiguously Ethnic|The Daily Beast Video|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Levant is already a far cry from the cosmopolitan melting pot it once was.
Beirut Letter: In Lebanon, Fighting ISIS With Culture and Satire|Kim Ghattas|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This fairytale of a cosmopolitan-cultural-melting-pot that is the envy of the international community certainly has its charms.
Ellis Island’s Doubled-Edged Legacy|J.P. O’Malley|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
“This is a melting pot for startup experimentation,” says Evans.
Plants That Glow in the Dark Spark Heated Debate|Josh Dzieza|August 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Here at or toward the end of the Neolithic period was the “melting-pot” for the fusion of these peoples and their cultures.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
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

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

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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.

melting pot

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