melting-pot

A form of melting pot — A crucible, or similar pot, used to fuse mixtures of metals, etc.

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Meanings

nounmelting-pot (plural melting-pots)

plural melting-pots

  1. alternativeAlternative form of melting pot.

    And so, unfortunately, this great and spreading network of railways, that recently showed such promise as a major instrument in the modern development of China, must be left for the time being in the melting-pot of Armageddon.

    1941 October, F. S. Bond, “The Railways of China”, in Railway Magazine, page 440
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APA

melting-pot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melting-pot

MLA

“melting-pot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melting-pot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “melting-pot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melting-pot.

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