hot pot

noun

1
: a stew of meat and vegetables
2

Examples of hot pot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Besides hot pots, the restaurant offers Korean barbecue items, dumplings, bao, noodle and rice dishes and Americanized Chinese wok entrees. Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024 Guests will explore five different basket-making techniques, culminating in the creation of a trivet—a mat on which to place hot pots and pans. Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024 Nabe hot pots, which fuel sumo wrestlers, make hearty meals and can be found in the Ryogoku and Okubo areas. Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2024 Umi, which also has a location in Utah, is a similar cook-at-your-table, hot pot experience. Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for hot pot 

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Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of hot pot was in 1842

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“Hot pot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20pot. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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