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mincemeat.

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

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɪnsˌmit/General-American
  1. A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Minced meat, mince.

    countable · rare · uncountable
  3. A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Something or someone utterly destroyed.

    broadly · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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