| melting pot | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a pot in which metals or other substances are melted, esp in order to mix them |
| 2. | an area in which many races, ideas, etc, are mixed |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
A term expressing the view that immigrants to the United States have been fused or melted into a single people.