1. a thick stew or soup containing a mixture of ingredients
Usage: chiefly British
2. a confused mixture of things
Usage: informal
3. the reunion of property for equal division among heirs
Usage: legal

Examples

• The chef prepared a hearty hotchpot with lamb and vegetables.
• Grandmother’s hotchpot was always different depending on what leftovers she had.
• The room was a hotchpot of furniture from different decades.
• His speech was a hotchpot of ideas that didn’t quite fit together.
• The lawyer explained the hotchpot provision in the will.
• Under hotchpot rules, all gifts must be accounted for before inheritance distribution.