mince

1. 1.

   food chopped into small bits

   “a mince of mushrooms”

   Broadernutriment

Other forms of mince

plural

minces·

past tense

minced·

present participle

mincing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mince

What does mince mean?

mince means "make less severe or harsh". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mince?

mince has 1 syllable: mince. In IPA it is /ˈmɪns/.

What is another word for mince?

Close synonyms include soften, moderate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mince a common word?

mince is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.