'Melting pot' definitions:
Definition of 'melting pot'
(from WordNet)
noun
An environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated
noun
A vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions [syn: crucible, melting pot]
Definition of 'Melting pot'
From: GCIDE
- Melting pot \Melt"ing pot\ n.
- 1. A vessel in which anything is melted; a crucible. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Sociology) (fig.) 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]
Synonyms of 'melting pot'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitator,
- alembic,
- America,
- anvil,
- beater,
- blender,
- caldron,
- cement mixer,
- churn,
- Columbia,
- crucible,
- eggbeater,
- emulsifier,
- engine,
- Land of Liberty,
- lathe,
- machine,
- mixer,
- mortar,
- motor,
- retort,
- stateside,
- test tube,
- the melting pot,
- the States,
- transducer,
- transformer,
- Uncle Sugar,
- United States,
- US,
- USA,
- Yankeeland