mincemeat

US/ˈmɪnsˌmit/

mincemeat noun: a mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.

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Noun

mincemeat (countable and uncountable, plural mincemeats)

A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.
- And not to rub salt in wounds, when it comes to making mincemeat of the competition, American Joey Chestnut is still top banana.2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN
Synonyms:

mince
(rare) Minced meat, mince.

Synonyms:

ground meat, mince
(by analogy) A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.
- Slicing up every man, woman, and child into mincemeat.2010, The Orbitology, The Book of Godom & Somorrah, →ISBN, page 29
- This was another phenomenon for which there was no word: someone had reduced the body of another man to mincemeat.2011, Fred Vargas, An Uncertain Place, →ISBN, page 46
(broadly) Something or someone utterly destroyed.
- Weevil Underwood: My army of insects will make mincemeat out of you!2002 March 20, Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories (PlayStation video game, North American version), Konami
- No one was to be spared in this frightful slaughter. The American 34th, 36th Texas, lst Armored, the British, the New Zealanders, the Indians, the Poles and the French, under the brilliant General Juin; all were to be ground to mincemeat by futile attacks against this fortress.2003, Theresa Deane, 500 Days of Front Line Combat: The WWII Memoir of Ralph B. Schaps, →ISBN

கொத்திறைச்சி, கொத்துக்கறி, கைமா, ஓர் உணவுக்கலவை, பெருமழிவு, மிகவும் சிறியதாக நறுக்கப்பட்ட திராட்சை

His chest and neck turned into mincemeat.2011, Scott Kenemore, Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead, →ISBN, page 228:
"His exact words were: 'I think he's mincemeat by now'."2007 January 18, “Solicitor thought client was 'mincemeat'”, in The Age:
Pope Gregory's four hundred-year-one would become mincemeat.2007, Bill Napier, Splintered Icon, →ISBN:
Happily for the Lakers, who were mincemeat without him, Nash is back in the nick of time, with the Knicks, who walked all over them in New York two weeks ago, in town for a Christmas Day game.2012 December 24, Mark Heisler, “After Looking East to the Knicks, Nash Cut West to the Lakers”, in The New York Times, archived from the...

plural	mincemeats

An alteration of earlier minced meat; equivalent to mince + meat.

What does mincemeat mean?: Mincemeat means a mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.
What is mincemeat in Tamil?: Mincemeat in Tamil is கொத்திறைச்சி, கொத்துக்கறி, கைமா. See Mincemeat meaning in Tamil.
How do you use mincemeat in a sentence?: His chest and neck turned into mincemeat.
What part of speech is mincemeat?: Mincemeat is a noun.
How do you pronounce mincemeat?: Mincemeat is pronounced /ˈmɪnsˌmit/ (US).
What is the plural of mincemeat?: The plural of mincemeat is mincemeats.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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