mincemeat means A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.
mincemeat is pronounced /ˈmɪnsˌmit/.
Etymology
An alteration of earlier minced meat; equivalent to mince + meat.
noun
- A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.“And not to rub salt in wounds, when it comes to making mincemeat of the competition, American Joey Chestnut is still top banana.”
- Minced meat, mince.
- A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.“Slicing up every man, woman, and child into mincemeat.”
- Something or someone utterly destroyed.“Weevil Underwood: My army of insects will make mincemeat out of you!”