# mincemeat

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #70,902

## Definitions
1. A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.
2. Minced meat, mince.
3. A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.
4. Something or someone utterly destroyed.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mincemeat