melting pot
noun
a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused.
melting pots
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pluralof melting pot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Often, Lam’s canvases are cultural melting pots whose ingredients refuse to melt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
The urban centres were meant to be the melting pots where people could live together, irrespective of their differences.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
These kinds of events were just melting pots, they were very natural.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
And in the vicinity of such viral melting pots, Shi says, “you don’t need to be a wildlife trader to be infected.”
From Scientific American ● Mar. 11, 2020
All but one of the world’s six most populous nations are melting pots that achieved political unification recently, and that still support hundreds of languages and ethnic groups.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
