Definition

Noun: 1. A kitchen appliance or utensil designed for cutting, chopping, or grinding food, especially meat, into very small pieces or a paste. It typically consists of a hopper for feeding food into a screw mechanism that forces it through a plate with small holes, where it is cut by a rotating blade.

Usage and Examples

• As a subject: "The mincer is essential for making homemade sausages."
• As an object: "She used the mincer to prepare the beef for the burgers."
• With a possessive: "The butcher sharpened his mincer's blade."

Advanced Usage

• "Put/run something through a mincer": This phrase can be used literally or figuratively.
  • Literal: "Put the onions through the mincer before adding them to the mixture."
  • Figurative (to criticize harshly or analyze in minute detail): "The committee put the proposal through a mincer during the review."

Variants and Related Words

• Mince (verb): To cut or chop food, especially meat, into very small pieces. ("Please mince the garlic finely.")
• Mincemeat (noun): A mixture of finely chopped dried fruit, spices, and sometimes meat or suet. (Note: This is a specific compound noun, not simply the output of a mincer).
• Grinder (noun): A broader term for a device that grinds substances; a meat grinder is a type of mincer.
• Food processor (noun): A more versatile electric appliance that can often perform mincing, along with chopping, slicing, and blending.

Synonyms

• Meat grinder
• Grinder

Related Phrases

• Mincing machine: A less common, more formal synonym for .

Noun

1. a kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces