MELTING POT


Meaning of MELTING POT in English

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

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