hot pot
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English
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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.
Noun
hot pot (usually uncountable, plural hot pots)
- (chiefly UK) A stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.
- 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.
- (countable) A jacuzzi or hot tub.
Translations
stew of beef or lamb and potatoes
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communal meal in China
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jacuzzi — see jacuzzi