1chiefly British a mixture of currants, raisins, sugar, apples, candied peel, spices, and suet, typically baked in pastry:spoon the mincemeat into the pastry cases
2minced meat.
Phrases
make mincemeat of
informal defeat decisively in a fight, contest, or argument:a hostile Public Prosecutor would make mincemeat of her
mincemeat in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of mincemeat in the US English dictionary
