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- Dictionarymince/mɪns/
verb
- 1. cut up or grind (food, especially meat) into very small pieces, typically in a machine with revolving blades: "use a food processor to mince the lamb" Similar
- 2. walk with short quick steps in an affectedly dainty manner: "there were plenty of secretaries mincing about" Similar
noun
- 1. minced meat, especially beef: British "stir in the mince and fry until browned"
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MINCE definition: 1. meat, usually beef, that has been cut up into very small pieces, often using a special machine…. Learn more.
The meaning of MINCE is to cut or chop into very small pieces. How to use mince in a sentence.
Mince is meat which has been cut into very small pieces using a machine. [mainly British] Brown the mince in a frying pan. regional note: in AM, use ground beef, hamburger meat. 2. verb. If you mince food such as meat, you put it into a machine which cuts it into very small pieces. [mainly British] Perhaps I'll buy lean meat and mince it myself.
To mince is to chop into tiny bits. Your favorite soup recipe might include directions to mince four cloves of garlic. When you dice an onion into very small pieces, you mince it, and when you grind meat very fine to make sausage or mincemeat, you also mince.
verb. tr to chop, grind, or cut into very small pieces. tr to soften or moderate, esp for the sake of convention or politeness. I didn't mince my words. intr to walk or speak in an affected dainty manner.
MINCE meaning: 1. meat, usually beef, that has been cut up into very small pieces, often using a special machine…. Learn more.
1. a. To cut or chop into very small pieces. b. To subdivide (land, for example) into minute parts. 2. To pronounce in an affected way, as with studied elegance and refinement. 3. To moderate, restrain, or euphemize (words) for the sake of politeness and decorum: Don't mince words: say what you mean. v.intr. 1.
