hot pot

• hotpot, hot-pot

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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hot pot (usually uncountable, plural hot pots)

1. (chiefly UK) A stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.

   Synonyms: casserole, stew

2. 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.

   Synonym: (Singapore) steamboat

3. (countable) A jacuzzi or hot tub.

• dry pot
• shabu-shabu

• hot top