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mincemeat

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈmɪnsˌmit/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 N S M IY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Minced meat, mince.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rare, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: by analogy

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Something or someone utterly destroyed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: concoction, mixture, intermixture

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 百果餡 /百果馅 (bǎiguǒxiàn) — mixture of fruit, etc used as a filling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 果餡 /果馅 (guǒxiàn) — mixture of fruit, etc used as a filling
  • Finnish: sekahedelmätäyte — mixture of fruit, etc used as a filling
  • Irish: mionra torthaí — mixture of fruit, etc used as a filling
  • Korean: 민스미트 (minseumiteu) — mixture of fruit, etc used as a filling
  • Polish: mincemeat — mixture of fruit, etc used as a filling
  • Scottish Gaelic: mions — mixture of fruit, etc used as a filling
  • Welsh: briwffrwyth — mixture of fruit, etc used as a filling
  • Ancient Greek: ἰσίκιον (isíkion) — minced meat
  • Ancient Greek: περίκομμα (períkomma) — minced meat
  • Italian: carne macinata — minced meat
  • Latin: minutal — minced meat
  • Latin: īsicium — minced meat
  • Polish: mięso mielone — minced meat
  • Swedish: köttfärs — minced meat
  • Welsh: briwgig — minced meat
  • Irish: ciolar chiot — something or someone utterly destroyed
  • Polish: cień — something or someone utterly destroyed
  • Swedish: slarvsylta — something or someone utterly destroyed