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The idea that the different peoples who have come to the United States have blended to create a new culture
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it's a metaphor

The term melting pot is a metaphor to describe a heterogeneous society that is becoming more homogeneous, as they merge into a single common culture. The metaphor of fusion was used in the 1780s.