hot pot

hot pot noun: a stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.

Noun

hot pot (usually uncountable, plural hot pots)

(UK, usually) A stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.

Synonyms:

casserole, stew
(usually) A communal meal, popular in China, where diners share a bowl of hot broth or stock into which uncooked foods such as mushrooms, vegetables, and cuts of meat are dipped until they are cooked enough to be eaten.

Synonyms:

steamboat
(countable, usually) A jacuzzi or hot tub.

hot pot meaning in Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese

hot pot in Tamil

உண்கலம்

hot pot in Thai

communal meal in China: หม้อไฟ mɔ̂ɔ-fai

hot pot in Vietnamese

communal meal in China: lẩu

Synonyms of hot pot

Forms of hot pot

plural	hot pots
alternative form	hotpot
alternative form	hot-pot

Origin of hot pot

Surface analysis hot + pot. For sense of stewed meat and potatoes, compare French pot-au-feu. For the sense of a communal meal cooked at the table, Calque of Chinese 火鍋 /火锅.

Words formed from hot pot

Questions about hot pot

What does hot pot mean?: Hot pot means a stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.
What is hot pot in Tamil?: Hot pot in Tamil is உண்கலம். See Hot pot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hot pot?: Hot pot is a noun.
What is the plural of hot pot?: The plural of hot pot is hot pots.

Words near hot pot in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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