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melting-pot

melting-pot is the alternative form of melting pot.

Meaning of melting pot

Noun

melting pot (plural melting pots)

  1. A crucible, or similar pot, used to fuse mixtures of metals, etc.
  2. (figuratively) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized.
    • The festival is a true racial melting pot; people from dozens of countries take part speaking many languages.

Forms of melting-pot

pluralmelting-pots

Questions about melting-pot

What is melting-pot the alternative form of?
Melting-pot is the alternative form of melting pot.

Words near melting-pot in the dictionary

  1. melting points
  2. melting pot
  3. melting pots
  4. melting someone's butter
  5. melting up
  6. melting-pot
  7. melting-pots
  8. meltingly
  9. meltingness
  10. meltingpoint
  11. meltingpoints

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