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forcemeat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun forcemeat has 1 sense
- forcemeat(n = noun.food) farce - mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs; Array is a kind of dressing, stuffing
CIDE DICTIONARY
Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
forcemeat, n. meat etc. chopped and seasoned for use as a stuffing or a garnish.
Etymology
obs. force, farce stuff f. OF farsir: see FARCE
THESAURUS
forcemeat
aspic, barbecue, boiled meat, bouilli, civet, dressing, farce, flesh, game, hachis, hash, jerky, joint, jugged hare, meat, menue viande, mince, pemmican, pot roast, roast, sausage meat, scrapple, stuffing, venison, viande
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