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Definition of mince noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mince

noun
 
/mɪns/
 
/mɪns/
 [uncountable] (British English)
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  1. meat, especially beef, that has been cut into very small pieces in a special machine
    • a pound of mince
    compare hamburger (2)Topics Foodc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMince is used before these nouns:
    • meat
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French mincier, based on Latin minutia ‘smallness’.
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