🔪mince

Meaning

to cut food, especially meat, into very small pieces; to speak in an affectedly delicate or refined way

to cut into very small pieces; to walk with short quick steps

Example Sentences

She minced the garlic before adding it to the sauce.

She minced the garlic for the recipe.

Example Expressions

mince words

Synonyms

chop, dice, grind, cut, shred, cut finely

Entry 1

chop, dice, grind, cut, shred

Entry 2

chop, dice, cut finely, grind

Antonyms

join, enlarge, combine, chunk, slice thickly

Entry 1

join, enlarge, combine

Entry 2

chunk, slice thickly

Collocations

mince meat, mince garlic, mince words, minced beef, finely mince

Entry 1

mince meat, mince garlic, mince words, minced beef

Entry 2

mince garlic, mince meat, mince words, finely mince