melting pot

noun

1. a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused.
2. a country, locality, or situation in which cultural assimilation results in blending the heritage and traditions of previously distinct ethnic groups.

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of melting pot¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Example Sentences

A patchwork network of vaccination—highly vaccinated populations side-by-side with unvaccinated populations—creates a melting pot for the virus to simmer into something stronger, something worse.

From Nautilus

America, the land of the ethno-racial melting pot, is once again facing what the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal optimistically called The American Dilemma in 1944.

From No Straight News

It's often said that America is a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities.

From The Daily Beast

The Levant is already a far cry from the cosmopolitan melting pot it once was.

From The Daily Beast

This fairytale of a cosmopolitan-cultural-melting-pot that is the envy of the international community certainly has its charms.

From The Daily Beast

In the great Caribbean melting pot, one group is largely overlooked: Jewish refugees who settled centuries ago.

From The Daily Beast

“This is a melting pot for startup experimentation,” says Evans.

From The Daily Beast

Here at or toward the end of the Neolithic period was the “melting-pot” for the fusion of these peoples and their cultures.

From Project Gutenberg

The half-formed sphere in the melting pot joined and the entire building rang with the shrill screams.

From Project Gutenberg

The college plate and the jewels left by pious benefactors were stolen, and went to the melting-pot.

From Project Gutenberg

The beautiful old college plate began its journey to the melting-pot.

From Project Gutenberg

For as time had gone on the world had beheld the colossal spectacle of a huge nation in the melting pot.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• fusion
• pluralism