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 Definitions of melting pot  [ˈmɛltˌdaʊn]  

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Definition of 'melting pot' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) melting pot
a container in which metals or other substances are heated until they fuse.

2.  melting pot
a country, locality, or situation in which a blending of races, peoples, or cultures takes place.

Etymology:  (1375–1425)

Definition of 'melting pot' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) melting pot
an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated

2. (noun) crucible, melting pot
a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
Translation of 'melting pot' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a place where different peoples, races, cultures etc blend
The United States is often described as a melting pot.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: smeltkroes Arabic flag Arabic: بوتَقَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: място, където се смесват
Brazilian flag Brazilian: local de mistura de raças Czech flag Czech: místo, kde dochází k mích German flag German: der Schmelztiegel
Danish flag Danish: smeltedigel Greek flag Greek: δοχείο τήξης, χωνευτήρι Spanish flag Spanish: amalgama
Estonian flag Estonian: sulatuskatel Farsi flag Farsi: دیگ ذوب فلزات Finnish flag Finnish: sulatusuuni
French flag French: melting-pot Hebrew flag Hebrew: כּוּר הִיתוּך Hindi flag Hindi: गलन पात्र
Croatian flag Croatian: mjesto preobrazbe Hungarian flag Hungarian: „olvasztótégely” Indonesian flag Indonesian: tempat bercampurnya ras,
Italian flag Italian: crogiolo/calderone (di ra Japanese flag Japanese: るつぼ Korean flag Korean: (인종, 문화의) 도가니
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tautø kratinys/miðinys Latvian flag Latvian: kultūru saplūsmes vieta Malay flag Malay: wadah tumpuan
Dutch flag Dutch: smeltkroes Norwegian flag Norwegian: smeltedigel Polish flag Polish: tygiel
Persian flag Persian: دیگ ذوب فلزات Pashto flag Pashto: د ذوب لپاره ديګ Russian flag Russian: котёл
Slovak flag Slovak: miesto miešania Slovenian flag Slovenian: talilni lonec Serbian flag Serbian: mesto asimilacije ljudi
Swedish flag Swedish: smältdegel Thai flag Thai: สถานที่หรือสถานการณ์ที่คน Turkish flag Turkish: kaynaşma yuvası
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (種族、文化等的)大熔爐 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: плавильний котел Urdu flag Urdu: وہ مقام جہاں نسلیں باہم م
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nơi tụ cư Chinese flag Chinese: 民族的大熔炉

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