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Mincemeat

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

📖 Definitions of "Mincemeat"

noun

1
A mixture of fruit, spices and sugar used as a filling for mince pies.
2
Minced meat, mince.
3
(by analogy) A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.
4
(by extension) Something or someone utterly destroyed.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mincemeat"

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Word	Definition
hamburgernoun	A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
mincenoun	(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.
mince pienoun	A pie, traditionally served around Christmas time, having a filling of mincemeat (now usually in the sweet sense) and sometimes also containing alcohol or other ingredients.
mincemeat pienoun	(less common) Synonym of mince pie.
mincepienoun	(rare) Alternative form of mince pie. [A pie, traditionally served around Christmas time, having a filling of mincemeat (now usually in the sweet sense) and sometimes also containing alcohol or other ingredients.]
christmas pienoun	A locality in Normandy parish and Wanborough parish, Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9249).
bakemeatnoun	(obsolete) Any baked product (such as a pie)
twelfth pienoun	Synonym of mince pie.
twelfth night pienoun	Synonym of mince pie.
shred pienoun	(obsolete) A mince pie (the food).
cottage pienoun	A meat pie having a mashed potato crust covering a mixture of beef (typically minced) and vegetables.
meat pienoun	(Australia, New Zealand) A hand-sized pot pie containing largely minced meat and gravy and typically consumed as a takeaway food snack.
meat-pienoun	Alternative form of meat pie. [(non-idiomatic usage, cooking) A pie containing meat.]
potpienoun	(US) A pie, having pastry sides and bottom and (usually also) top, and filled with savory fillings, such as meat, root vegetables, or (often) both.
meatpienoun	Alternative form of meat pie. [(non-idiomatic usage, cooking) A pie containing meat.]
forcemeatnoun	(cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.
melton mowbraynoun	A pork pie with a hand-formed crust, containing chopped rather than minced meat.
pork pienoun	A shortcrust pie containing chopped pork.
cornish pastienoun	Alternative form of Cornish pasty. [A kind of meat pie, not made in a pie pan but with a large piece of folded-over pastry dough, crimped shut, then baked on a sheet. There is no one standard recipe, but it usually includes meat and vegetables in a thick hearty sauce.]
shepherd's pienoun	A meat pie having a mashed potato crust, especially one made with lamb or mutton.