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melting pot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun melting pot has 2 senses
- melting pot(n = noun.location) Array - an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated; Array is a kind of environment, environs, surround, surroundings
- melting pot(n = noun.artifact) crucible - a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions; Array is a kind of vessel
CIDE DICTIONARY
melting pot, n.
- A vessel in which anything is melted; a crucible. [1913 Webster]
- A place where people of different backgrounds become similar in culture. The United States has often been referred to as a melting pot, though the differences in cultures of recently arrived immigrants persists beyond the generation of immigrants. [PJC]
THESAURUS
melting pot
America, Columbia, Land of Liberty, US, USA, Uncle Sugar, United States, Yankeeland, agitator, alembic, anvil, beater, blender, caldron, cement mixer, churn, crucible, eggbeater, emulsifier, engine, lathe, machine, mixer, mortar, motor, retort, stateside, test tube, the States, the melting pot, transducer, transformer
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