hot pot

noun

1

: a stew of meat and vegetables

2

: firepot sense 2

Examples of hot pot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dinners take place in traditional nomad tents around the communal fire pit, and range from steaming hot pots with yak meat, mushrooms and tofu to haute-Tibetan tasting menus with wild vegetables in corn foam, tsampa grissini, and lamb shoulder with yak yogurt glaze and salsa verde. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026

The menu is extensive, offering vermicelli and pho plus less common dishes, such as Vietnamese hot pot and lemongrass-marinated tofu. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026

The newest employee at Cupertino’s Haidilao hot pot restaurant has made quite a name for herself, himself … er, itself. —Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026

Haidilao, one of the world’s largest hot pot chains, is planning to open a new location at Austin’s Domain Northside at 11824 Rock Rose, Suite 160. —Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for hot pot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot