hot pot

noun

A stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.

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casserolestewsteamboathotpot
OriginChinese 火鍋 /火锅 →
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Meanings

nounhot pot (usually uncountable, plural hot pots)

plural hot pots · alternative hotpot · alternative hot-pot

  1. UKuncountableusuallyA stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.

    Synonyms: casserole, stew

  2. uncountableusuallyA communal meal, popular in China, where diners share a bowl of hot broth or stock into which uncooked foods such as mushrooms, vegetables, and cuts of meat are dipped until they are cooked enough to be eaten.

    Synonyms: steamboat

  3. countableusuallyA jacuzzi or hot tub.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.

Similar
casserolestew

nounA communal meal, popular in China, where diners share a bowl of hot broth or stock into which uncooked foods such as mushrooms, vegetables, and cuts of meat are dipped until they are cooked enough to be eaten.

Similar
steamboat

More synonyms by meaning

nouna stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot

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hotpot
Broader
stew

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Chinese火鍋 /火锅
  2. Englishhot pot

Surface analysis hot + pot. For sense of stewed meat and potatoes, compare French pot-au-feu. For the sense of a communal meal cooked at the table, Calque of Chinese 火鍋 /火锅.

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Translations

Bulgarian задушено месо с картофи
  • задушено месо с картофи (zadušeno meso s kartofi)stew of beef or lamb and potatoes
Chinese Cantonese 火鍋 /火锅, 打邊爐 /打边炉
  • 火鍋 /火锅 (fo² wo¹)communal meal in China
  • 打邊爐 /打边炉 (daa² bin¹ lou⁴)communal meal in China
Chinese Mandarin 燉肉 /炖肉, 火鍋 /火锅
  • 燉肉 /炖肉 (dùnròu)stew of beef or lamb and potatoes
  • 火鍋 /火锅 (huǒguō)communal meal in China
  • 涮鍋子 /涮锅子 (shuànguōzi)communal meal in China
Finnish pata, pataruoka
  • patastew of beef or lamb and potatoes
  • pataruokastew of beef or lamb and potatoes
  • hotpotcommunal meal in China
French fondue avec bouillon, fondue chinoise
  • fondue avec bouillonstew of beef or lamb and potatoes
  • fondue chinoisecommunal meal in China
German Auflauf, Feuertopf
  • Auflaufstew of beef or lamb and potatoes
  • Feuertopfcommunal meal in China
  • Hotpotcommunal meal in China
  • chinesisches Fonduecommunal meal in China
Japanese 火鍋, 鍋
  • 火鍋communal meal in China
  • 鍋 (nabe)communal meal in China
  • ホットポット (hottopotto)communal meal in China
Korean 훠궈, 핫팟
  • 훠궈 (hwogwo)communal meal in China
  • 핫팟 (hatpat)communal meal in China
Polish gulasz z kociołka, huoguo
  • gulasz z kociołkastew of beef or lamb and potatoes
  • huoguocommunal meal in China
Russian хого́, хо-го́
  • хого́ (xogó)communal meal in China
  • хо-го́ (xo-gó)communal meal in China
  • хот-по́т (xot-pót)communal meal in China
Spanish fondue con el caldo, olla caliente
  • fondue con el caldostew of beef or lamb and potatoes
  • olla calientecommunal meal in China
Thai หม้อไฟ
  • หม้อไฟ (mɔ̂ɔ-fai)communal meal in China
Vietnamese lẩu
  • lẩucommunal meal in China
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