hot pot

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. mutton or beef cooked with potatoes in a covered pot.

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Etymology

Origin of hot pot

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

Cooked on a stone slate -- or in a hot pot with vegetables -- the meat comes from bears culled to curb maulings that have killed a record 13 people this year.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Many credit the tourism surge to social-media influencers, such as “Chinese Trump,” a Chongqing native named Ryan Chen who does a pitch-perfect impression of the U.S. president while eating the city’s signature spicy hot pot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

In “Delicious in Dungeon,” a ragtag adventuring crew makes hot pot out of man-eating mushrooms.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

"My dream job was to work in investment banking," says Sun Zhan as he prepares to start his shift as a waiter in a hot pot restaurant in the southern city of Nanjing.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

The next February, they had an extra-elaborate Chinese New Year’s dinner, with cunning little dumplings, and balls, and buns, in addition to the usual hot pot with gold-chain bean threads.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen