mincemeat
mincemeat
Definition
mince·meat (-mēt′)
noun
- a mixture of chopped apples, spices, suet, raisins, etc., and sometimes meat, used as a pie filling
- Obsolete minced meat
Etymology: < minced meat
make mincemeat of
- to chop into small pieces
- to defeat or refute completely
mincemeat
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- make: On a hard running summer fairway its making mincemeat of par fours.
- cook: Cooked mincemeat can be stored in the fridge for up to 1 week.
- include: Strawberry, raspberry, plum jam or any home made jam including mincemeat, lemon curd and chutneys.
Adjective modifier
- home-made: Home-made mincemeat is for me the taste of opulent festivity and far surpasses commercial varieties.
- organic: July 2000 Farmer Farmer promoted only on a new range organic mincemeat.
- own: I made Christmas Pudding, mince pies and my own mincemeat.
Modifies a noun
- pie: The mincemeat pies made in patty pans, scores of them made to be ready for the Christmas holiday.
- mixture: She simply added a little cornflour to the mincemeat mixture before use and it worked!
Preposition: in
- center: Put a generous heaped tablespoon of mincemeat in the center of the pastry, followed by a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.
Browse dictionary entries near mincemeat
- mince pie
- mince
- minaudière
- minatory
- Minatitlán
- Minas Gerais
- Minas Basin
- minaret
- Minamata disease
- minacious
