Used in a Sentence

minced

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for minced.

Editorial note

But in the case of minced beef, the bacteria is mixed through the whole of the meat.

Examples15
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Finely chopped.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of minced gathered in one view.

adjective

Finely chopped.

adjective

Minutely subdivided.

adjective

(figuratively) Weakened, extenuated.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for minced.

adjective

Finely chopped.

adjective

Minutely subdivided.

adjective

(figuratively) Weakened, extenuated.

Example sentences

1

But in the case of minced beef, the bacteria is mixed through the whole of the meat.

2

Well I mean, also excluding isolated religious communities in Lancaster county that still use minced oaths....

3

You should probably have a heart to heart with this guy and tell him how you feel without evasions or minced words.

4

It's arguably ambiguous as to whether the oath would have been minced, if expanded.

5

You have minced your words, sure, but you are still calling people ignorant.

6

If you ever end up in Parma (Italy) or surroundings try pesto di cavallo, which raw minced horse meat, not unlike a steak tartare.

7

I may have minced terms there because my stats training is woefully inadequate, but I think I adequately conveyed the concept?

8

Others still go further and say that the commandment forbids the use of 'minced oaths', such as 'heck' (hell), 'darn' or 'dang' (damn), 'gosh' (god).

9

A fun data point is when the only non-ad supported tv in Sweden found a big scandal about remarking minced meat, almost certainly based on whistleblowers.

10

You set your phone on the kitchen counter next to you while you de-seeded and de-ribbed the bell peppers, chopped them and the onions, and minced the garlic.

11

Of course I'd also add that the Dalai Lama once had an army, and his favorite food is Sokham Bexe which includes minced meat and butter.

12

For sausage, I add rubbed sage, thyme, cayenne pepper, fresh minced ginger, and white pepper.

Quote examples

1

The years before 2000 are still referred to like that, but outside of that people will consider you very strange if you try and buy "twelve hundred grams of minced meat".

2

While most yeast-free methods of baking can be traced to Jewish roots, the bagel in it's current, cream-cheese dressed form was made popular (and for most intents "invented") in the US, in much the same way as the minced beef introduced to Hamburg in the 19th century by Russian sailors bears little similarity to the food that made McDonalds successful.

Proper noun examples

1

Minced meat has had most of the complex macro-structure destroyed by the process of mincing, so it's easier still to imitate than whole pieces of meat.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use minced in a sentence?

But in the case of minced beef, the bacteria is mixed through the whole of the meat.

What does minced mean?

Finely chopped.

What part of speech is minced?

minced is commonly used as adjective.