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Hot pot

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A stew of beef or lamb and potatoes. UK, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot wordnet
  3. 3
    A communal meal, popular in China, where diners share a bowl of hot broth or stock into which uncooked foods such as mushrooms, vegetables, and cuts of meat are dipped until they are cooked enough to be eaten. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    A jacuzzi or hot tub. countable, usually

Etymology

Surface analysis hot + pot. For sense of stewed meat and potatoes, compare French pot-au-feu. For the sense of a communal meal cooked at the table, Calque of Chinese 火鍋 /火锅.

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