Associations to the word «Mince»
Noun
- Onion
- Pie
- Mutton
- Beef
- Meat
- Pork
- Pepper
- Sauce
- Lemon
- Butter
- Pudding
- Garlic
- Steak
- Mace
- Vinegar
- Raisin
- Chop
- Slice
- Broth
- Bake
- Salt
- Pastry
- Boil
- Paste
- Pint
- Peel
- Ingredient
- Salad
- Dish
- Potato
- Spice
- Tomato
- Carrot
- Juice
- Fowl
- Stew
- Herb
- Cheese
- Shred
- Fry
- Baking
- Mushroom
- Pickle
- Bread
- Flour
- Vegetable
- Quart
- Oyster
- Almond
- Egg
- Bacon
- Recipe
- Cream
- Ounce
- Cake
- Sprout
- Filling
- Oven
- Crust
- Dessert
- Flavour
- Marrow
- Soup
- Stir
- Toast
- Fat
- Ginger
- Cinnamon
- Sugar
- Curry
- Liver
- Ham
- Apple
- Brandy
- Mix
- Flavor
- Mould
Adverb
Wiktionary
MINCE, noun. (uncountable) Finely chopped meat.
MINCE, noun. (uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
MINCE, noun. (countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
MINCE, noun. (countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
MINCE, verb. (transitive) To make less; make small.
MINCE, verb. (transitive) To lessen; diminish; to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimise.
MINCE, verb. (transitive) (rare) To effect mincingly.
MINCE, verb. (transitive) (cooking) To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine.
MINCE, verb. (transitive) To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of.
MINCE, verb. (transitive) To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
MINCE, verb. (intransitive) To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
MINCE, verb. (intransitive) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
MINCE, verb. (archaic) To diminish the force of.
MINCE PIE, noun. A pie, traditionally served around Christmas time, having a filling of mincemeat (in the sweet sense) and sometimes also containing alcohol or other ingredients.
MINCE PIE, noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) Eye, usually in the plural form.
MINCE PIES, noun. Plural of mince pie
MINCE PIES, noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) eyes
MINCE WORDS, verb. (idiomatic) To restrain oneself in a conversation by withholding some comments or using euphemisms.
Dictionary definition
MINCE, noun. Food chopped into small bits; "a mince of mushrooms".
MINCE, verb. Make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears".
MINCE, verb. Walk daintily; "She minced down the street".
MINCE, verb. Cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.