MINCEMEAT

mincemeat

(noun) spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mincemeat (countable and uncountable, plural mincemeats)

A mixture of fruit, spices and sugar used as a filling for mince pies.

(rare) Minced meat, mince.

(by analogy) A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.

(by extension) Something or someone utterly destroyed.

Synonyms

• (mixture of fruit and spices): mince

• (minced meat): ground meat, mince

Anagrams

• emamectin

Source: Wiktionary


Mince"-meat`, n.

Definition: Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and raisins are added; -- used in making mince pie.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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