forcemeat

[fawrs-meet, fohrs-]

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noun Cookery.

a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.

Also farcemeat.

Origin of forcemeat

1680–90; force, variant of obsolete farce stuffing + meat

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Related Words for forcemeat

stuffing, filling, forcemeat

Examples from the Web for forcemeat

Historical Examples of forcemeat

Butter a pie dish and make little quenelles of the forcemeat.
The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste:
Mrs. W. G. Waters
The forcemeat did not prove nearly so nice as she had anticipated.
The Fat and the Thin
Emile Zola
Pour in the sherry and lemon juice, and add the forcemeat balls.
The Skilful Cook
Mary Harrison
If they are served with hare, the liver is chopped and mixed with the forcemeat.
The Skilful Cook
Mary Harrison
To roast a small hen turkey or a pullet with batter, the bird must first be boned, and filled with forcemeat or stuffing.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton

British Dictionary definitions for forcemeat

forcemeat

noun

a mixture of chopped or minced ingredients used for stuffingAlso called: farce, farcemeat

Word Origin for forcemeat

C17: from force (see farce) + meat

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Word Origin and History for forcemeat

also force-meat, "mincemeat," 1680s, from force "to stuff," a variant of farce (q.v.) + meat.