melting-pot

  • 21melting pot — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms melting pot : singular melting pot plural melting pots a situation in which there are many different types of people, ideas, religions etc existing together • in the melting pot …

    English dictionary

  • 22melting pot — noun (countable usually singular) 1 a place where people from different races, countries, or social classes come to live together: America has been a melting pot since the beginning of European immigration. 2 a situation or place in which many… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23melting-pot — meltˈing pot noun 1. A container for melting things in 2. A place characterized by the intermixing of several races or cultures 3. A state of dissolution preparatory to shaping anew (see also ↑in the melting pot below) • • • Main Entry: ↑melt …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 24melting pot — lydymo tiglis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. melting crucible; melting pot vok. Schmelztiegel, m rus. плавильный тигель, m; тигель для плавки, m pranc. chaudière, f; creuset à fondre, m; creuset de fusion, m …

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  • 25melting pot — noun 1》 a pot in which metals or other materials are melted and mixed. 2》 a place where different peoples, styles, etc., are mixed together. Phrases in the melting pot Brit. in a process of change and with an uncertain outcome …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 26melting pot — /ˈmɛltɪŋ pɒt/ (say melting pot) noun 1. a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused. 2. any situation in which a mixture of diverse elements or ideas occurs, as a multi racial community …

  • 27melting pot — {n. phr.} A country where different nationalities mingle and mix with the result that, in the second generation, most people speak the main language of the country and behave like the majority. * /It is no longer considered entirely true that the …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 28melting pot — {n. phr.} A country where different nationalities mingle and mix with the result that, in the second generation, most people speak the main language of the country and behave like the majority. * /It is no longer considered entirely true that the …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 29melting pot — noun Date: 1887 1. a. a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole b. the population of such a place 2. a process of blending that often results in invigoration or novelty • melting pot adjective …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 30melting-pot — adjective see melting pot …

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