melting pot

noun
1.
a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused.
2.
a country, locality, or situation in which a blending of races, peoples, or cultures is taking place.
Origin
1375-1425; late Middle English
Examples from the web for melting pot
  • They simply do not exist so put that into your scientific melting pot and tell me what you come up with.
  • It's a melting pot for culture creating so many fine foods, music, architectural delights and entertainers.
  • The idea was that freshmen could manage to mix together on their own and help form the college's own little melting pot.
  • While this pilgrimage may be necessary to keep churning out cheap almonds, it also creates a melting pot of pathogens.
  • Foreign workers are but the latest addition to this already diverse melting pot.
  • Long since swallowed up, it has transformed into a melting pot for artists and immigrants as well as workers.
  • People are leaving their ancient homelands, moving to the cities, and becoming part of the melting pot.
  • Ashkelon's tradition as a melting pot and emporium persists.
  • Similarly, the idea that specific races deserve special protection has also been made a fool of by the melting pot.
  • First there was the melting pot, but that seemed overly romantic.
British Dictionary definitions for melting pot

melting pot

noun
1.
a pot in which metals or other substances are melted, esp in order to mix them
2.
an area in which many races, ideas, etc, are mixed
melting pot in Culture

melting pot definition


A term expressing the view that immigrants to the United States have been fused or melted into a single people.