noun
1. : a vessel (as a crucible) in which something is melted
2.
a. : a place or situation where racial amalgamation and sociocultural assimilation are taking place
the United States, Israel, and Brazil are great melting pots
b. : a population developed in such a place or situation
instead of a homogeneous people a melting pot composed of many European nationalities
3. : a process of blending commonly resulting in reinvigoration and novelty of concepts
a melting pot of music — Harper's
the architectural melting pot is seen in the tall Romanesque columns, the Gothic hammer-vault roofing — American Guide Series: Connecticut
4. : discard
threw his original hypothesis into the melting pot and began anew