Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun melting_pot

2 senses of melting pot

Sense 1
melting pot -- (an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated)
       => environment, environs, surroundings, surround -- (the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround")

Sense 2
crucible, melting pot -- (a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions)
       => vessel -- (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))