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Definition of melting pot noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

melting pot

noun
 
/ˈmeltɪŋ pɒt/
 
/ˈmeltɪŋ pɑːt/
[usually singular]Idioms
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  1. a place or situation in which large numbers of different people, ideas, etc. are mixed together
    • the vast melting pot of American society
    CultureThe phrase 'the melting pot' has been used to describe the US, because it is a country in which people from many different backgrounds and cultures are mixed together to form the US people. The British writer Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) wrote a play called The Melting Pot (1903) about Jewish immigrants in America.
Idioms
in the melting pot
  1. (especially British English) likely to change; in the process of changing
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