"melting pot" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-melting pot.ogg [Australia] Forms: melting pots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} melting pot (plural melting pots)
  1. A crucible, or similar pot, used to fuse mixtures of metals etc. Categories (topical): Sociology Translations (crucible or similar pot): χόανος (khóanos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), тигел (tigel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gresol [masculine] (Catalan), smeltkroes [masculine] (Dutch), fandujo (Esperanto), kaldrono (Esperanto), sulatuspata (Finnish), creuset [masculine] (French), crogiolo [masculine] (Italian), griġjol [masculine] (Maltese), پوته (pota) (Ottoman Turkish), tygiel [masculine] (Polish), cadinho [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-melting_pot-en-noun-SG6tKXZT Disambiguation of Sociology: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'crucible or similar pot': 98 2
  2. (figurative) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized. Tags: figuratively Translations (place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized): gresol [masculine] (Catalan), 大熔爐 (Chinese Mandarin), 大熔炉 (dàrónglú) (Chinese Mandarin), smeltkroes [masculine] (Dutch), fandopoto (Esperanto), sulatusuuni (Finnish), melting pot [masculine] (French), სადნობი ქვაბი (sadnobi kvabi) (Georgian), Schmelztiegel [masculine] (German), Schmelztopf [masculine] (German), כור היתוך (Hebrew), olvasztótégely (Hungarian), crogiolo [masculine] (Italian), melting pot [masculine] (Italian), calderone [masculine] (Italian), 人種のるつぼ (jinshunorutsubo) (alt: じんしゅのるつぼ) (Japanese), қайнаған қазан (qainağan qazan) (Kazakh), smeltedigel (Norwegian), پاتیل ذوب (pâtil-e zob) (Persian), tygiel [masculine] (Polish), caldeirão [masculine] (Portuguese), плави́льный котёл (plavílʹnyj kotjól) [masculine] (Russian), crisol (Spanish), smältdegel [common-gender] (Swedish), tawddlestr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-melting_pot-en-noun-HNvsHFVu Disambiguation of 'place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized': 4 96

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      "roman": "jinshunorutsubo",
      "sense": "place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized",
      "word": "人種のるつぼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qainağan qazan",
      "sense": "place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized",
      "word": "қайнаған қазан"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized",
      "word": "smeltedigel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pâtil-e zob",
      "sense": "place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized",
      "word": "پاتیل ذوب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tygiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caldeirão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plavílʹnyj kotjól",
      "sense": "place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плави́льный котёл"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized",
      "word": "crisol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "smältdegel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tawddlestr"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "melting pot"
  ],
  "word": "melting pot"
}

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