melting pot in Finnish
melting pot in Finnish is sulatuspata, sulatusuuni — melting pot means a place or society where people of many different nationalities, cultures and backgrounds live together and blend into something new.
melting pot in Finnish
sulatuspata
A crucible, or similar pot, used to fuse mixtures of metals etc.
sulatusuuni
(figurative) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized.
What does "melting pot" mean?
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noun A place or society where people of many different nationalities, cultures and backgrounds live together and blend into something new.
"New York has always been a melting pot of languages and cuisines."
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noun A situation in which things are being mixed up and remade, so that the outcome is not yet settled; usually in the phrase 'in the melting pot'.
"With the manager gone, the club's whole strategy is back in the melting pot."
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noun A vessel used for melting metal or other solids.
"The scrap goes straight into the melting pot and comes out as ingots."
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melting pot in a sentence
- New York has always been a melting pot of languages and cuisines.
- The port city became a melting pot for traders from three continents.
- With the manager gone, the club's whole strategy is back in the melting pot.
- The scrap goes straight into the melting pot and comes out as ingots.
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What is "melting pot" in Finnish?
"melting pot" in Finnish is sulatuspata, sulatusuuni. melting pot means: A place or society where people of many different nationalities, cultures and backgrounds live together and blend into something new.
How do you use "melting pot" in a sentence?
Example: "New York has always been a melting pot of languages and cuisines." In Finnish, "melting pot" is sulatuspata, sulatusuuni.
Are there other ways to say "melting pot" in Finnish?
Yes — Finnish has 2 translations listed for "melting pot": sulatuspata, sulatusuuni.
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