Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small, sweet pie filled with mincemeat: A "mince pie" is a traditional British pastry, typically served during the Christmas season. It contains mincemeat, which is a mixture of chopped dried fruits, spices, and sometimes suet or other fats, but no longer contains meat in most modern recipes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • We always have mince pies with our tea on Christmas Eve.
  • She baked a batch of delicious mince pies for the holiday party.
  • Would you like a mince pie? They are still warm from the oven.

Advanced Usage

• "as sweet as a mince pie": Used informally to describe something or someone as very sweet or pleasant.
  • Your grandmother is as sweet as a mince pie.

Variants and Related Words

• Mincemeat (n): The spiced fruit mixture used as the filling for a mince pie.
  • The recipe for mincemeat includes raisins, currants, and citrus peel.

Synonyms

• Fruit pie: A more general term for a pie with a fruit-based filling.
• Christmas pie: A term sometimes used interchangeably with mince pie due to its seasonal association.

Related Idioms

• "to make mincemeat of someone/something": To defeat someone completely or to criticize something severely. (Note: This idiom uses "mincemeat," not "mince pie," but is a common related expression).
  • The debate team made mincemeat of their opponents.

Noun

1. pie containing mincemeat