melting pot
Noun
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Noun
melting pot (plural melting pots)
- A crucible, or similar pot, used to fuse mixtures of metals etc.
- (idiomatic) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized.
- The festival is a true racial melting pot; people from dozens of countries take part speaking many languages.
- Italian: crogiolo
- French: melting pot
- German: Schmelztiegel, Schmelztopf
- Italian: crogiolo, melting pot, calderone
- Portuguese: caldeirão
- Russian: плави́льный котёл
- Spanish: crisol
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