hot pot

noun

1
: a stew of meat and vegetables
2

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The restaurateurs decided to start from bottom up, literally, installing ventilation below every hot pot instead of hoods overhead. Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 4 June 2025 National Korean barbecue and hot pot chain KPot has opened its third location in the Kansas City area. Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025 Fiery chili-crisp pasta, spicy cocoa shrimp, beef mala hot pot, and more tingle-inducing recipes. Carly Westerfield, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Mar. 2025 The Hilton Plaza is a one-stop destination for soup dumplings, congee, chicken burgers, tea, potato noodles, hot pot, roast fish, nightlife and an outpost of one of L.A.’s most celebrated ramen restaurants. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot pot

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 16 Jun. 2025.

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