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melting pots

melting pots is the plural 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.

Questions about melting pots

What is melting pots the plural of?
Melting pots is the plural of melting pot.

Words near melting pots in the dictionary

  1. melting moments
  2. melting out
  3. melting point
  4. melting points
  5. melting pot
  6. melting pots
  7. melting someone's butter
  8. melting up
  9. melting-pot
  10. melting-pots
  11. meltingly

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