ˈmelting pot noun [singular]

1. a place where people from different races, countries, or social classes come to live together:
New York has always been a great melting pot.

2. a situation or place in which many different ideas are discussed

3. in the melting pot British English an idea or situation that is still in the melting pot is likely to change

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

melting pot
a place where people of many different races and from many different countries live together.
Rules of mutual tolerance must be agreed in an area which is a melting pot of such diverse cultures.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

melting pot
n. phr. A country where different nationalities mingle and mix with the result that, in the second generation, most people speak the main language of the country and behave like the majority.
It is no longer considered entirely true that the United States is a melting pot; many immigrants speak a second language.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲