mincemeat C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈmɪnˌsmiːt/ See IPA manual 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 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 mincemeat Etymology AI details 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. Topics Food & Drink External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # 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 markdown