mincemeat
A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince piesA mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.
» The mincemeat used in mince pies doesn't contain any meat.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.
(countable, rare, uncountable)Minced meat, mince.
(countable, uncountable)A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Something or someone utterly destroyed.
- spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat
Examples
3 sentencesThe mincemeat used in mince pies doesn't contain any meat.
Mickey Conners made mincemeat of his opponent in the ring.
ruМикки Коннерс порвал своего соперника на ринге как Тузик грелку. — odexed
Peel and core eight apples. Put into each apple two cloves and as much mincemeat as it will hold.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
An alteration of earlier minced meat; equivalent to mince + meat.An alteration of earlier minced meat; equivalent to mince + meat.
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Forms
plural: mincemeats| Singular | mincemeat |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable