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force·meat
/
ˈfɔrsˌmit, ˈfoʊrs-
/
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[
fawrs
-meet,
fohrs
-
]
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noun
Cookery.
a
mixture
of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
Also,
farcemeat
.
Origin:
1680–90;
force,
variant of obsolete
farce
stuffing +
meat
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forcemeat
(ˈfɔːsˌmiːt)
—
n
farce
, Also called:
farcemeat
a mixture of chopped or minced ingredients used for stuffing
[C17: from
force
(see
farce
) +
meat
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
forcemeat
"mincemeat," 1688, from force "to stuff," a variant of
farce
(q.v.) + meat.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
To make the
forcemeat
, take one-half cupful of boiled rice to every six tomatoes.
Finally they scoop out the fleshy part of the eggplant, stuffing the tt,-s with
forcemeat
.
The
forcemeat
is usually pork, pork liver and veal, plus pork fat.
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