MELTING POT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does melting pot mean? 

• MELTING POT (noun)
  The noun MELTING POT has 2 senses:

1. an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated

2. a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions

  Familiarity information: MELTING POT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELTING POT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("melting pot" is a kind of...):

environment; environs; surround; surroundings (the area in which something exists or lives)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

crucible; melting pot

Hypernyms ("melting pot" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))