mincemeat

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈmɪnˌsmiːt/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #31197

Meanings

1

noun
a spiced fruit mixture used especially in mince pies

She filled the pastry shells with mincemeat.
2

noun
meat chopped into very small pieces

The cook folded herbs into the mincemeat.

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1 noun · a spiced fruit mixture used... pie fillingfruit mixture

2 noun · meat chopped into very... minced meatmince

Word family

Derived forms mincemeaty

Related forms mince meat

Etymology

An alteration of earlier minced meat, equivalent to mince + meat. The sweet pie filling developed from mixtures that once could include meat, suet, fruit, and spices.

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Food & Drink

# mincemeat

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈmɪnˌsmiːt
**Frequency rank:** 31197

## Meanings
1. a spiced fruit mixture used especially in mince pies
2. meat chopped into very small pieces

## Examples
- She filled the pastry shells with mincemeat.
- The cook folded herbs into the mincemeat.

## Synonyms
- pie filling
- mince
- minced meat

## Derived Forms
- mincemeaty

## Related Forms
- mince
- meat

## Etymology
An alteration of earlier minced meat, equivalent to mince + meat. The sweet pie filling developed from mixtures that once could include meat, suet, fruit, and spices.

## AI Etymology
Mincemeat is an alteration of minced meat, from mince + meat. Historically it could refer to chopped meat, but the familiar culinary sense is the spiced mixture of fruit, suet, and sometimes meat used in mince pies. The word is transparent as a compound, but its modern meaning is specialized enough to deserve its own headword. Its development shows a narrowing from literally minced meat to a named pie filling associated with preserved fruit and spices.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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