See also: hotpot and hot-pot

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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 火锅 (huǒguō).

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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.
  3. (countable) A jacuzzi or hot tub.

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