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- DictionaryMelt·ing pot/ˈmeltiNG ˌpät/
noun
- 1. a pot in which metals or other materials are melted and mixed.
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1. a. : a place where a variety of peoples, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole. b. : the population of such a place. 2. : a process of blending that often results in invigoration or novelty. melting-pot. ˈmel-tiŋ-ˌpät. adjective. Examples of melting pot in a Sentence.
A melting pot is a metaphor for a society where many different types of people blend together as one. America is often called a melting pot. Some countries are made of people who are almost all the same in terms of race, religion, and culture.
a place where many different people and ideas exist together, often mixing and producing something new: a cultural melting pot. New Orleans is one of the great melting pots of America. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Variety and mixtures. all manner of something idiom. alphabet soup. assorted. assortment. biodiverse. hotchpotch.
A melting pot is a monocultural metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" with a common culture; an alternative being a homogeneous society becoming more heterogeneous through the influx of foreign elements with different cultural backgrounds.
MELTING POT meaning: 1. a place where many different people and ideas exist together, often mixing and producing…. Learn more.
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.
A melting pot is a place or situation in which people or ideas of different kinds gradually get mixed together. The republic is a melting pot of different nationalities. ...the cultural melting pot.
MELTING POT meaning: 1 : a place (such as a city or country) where different types of people live together and gradually create one community usually singular; 2 : not yet certain or finally decided still changing or likely to change.
melting pot. noun. /ˈmeltɪŋ pɒt/. /ˈmeltɪŋ pɑːt/. [usually singular] Idioms. a place or situation in which large numbers of different people, ideas, etc. are mixed together. the vast melting pot of American society. Culture.
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.
