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crucible, melting pot | a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions | |
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odds and ends, hodgepodge, ragbag, hotchpotch, oddments, melange, farrago, mishmash, mingle-mangle, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum, assortment, melting pot, mixture, | a motley assortment of things | |
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melting pot | an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated |