Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mincemeat

/ˈmɪnsˌmit/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: mince-meat
IPA: /ˈmɪnsˌmit/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Minced meat, mince.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Something or someone utterly destroyed.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And not to rub salt in wounds, when it comes to making mincemeat of the competition, American Joey Chestnut is still top banana."
"Slicing up every man, woman, and child into mincemeat."
"This was another phenomenon for which there was no word: someone had reduced the body of another man to mincemeat."
"His chest and neck turned into mincemeat. The double chin had been blown away completely, revealing a skeletal jaw and chemically whitened teeth."
"Weevil Underwood: My army of insects will make mincemeat out of you!"
"No one was to be spared in this frightful slaughter. The American 34th, 36th Texas, lst Armored, the British, the New Zealanders, the Indians, the Poles and the French, under the brilliant General Juin; all were to be ground to mincemeat by futile attacks against this fortress."

Etymology

An alteration of earlier minced meat; equivalent to mince + meat.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɪnsˌmit/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

mincemeats (plural)

Derived Forms

mincemeaty

Phrases

make mincemeat out of make mincemeat of mincemeat pie

Synonyms

mince ground meat

Questions

How do you pronounce mincemeat?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪnsˌmit/.
What does mincemeat mean?: A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.
Where does mincemeat come from?: An alteration of earlier minced meat; equivalent to mince + meat.

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