forcemeat

American  

[fawrs-meet, fohrs-] / ˈfɔrsˌmit, ˈfoʊrs- /

noun

Cooking.

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

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forcemeat British  

/ ˈfɔːsˌmiːt /

noun

1. Also called: farce.   farcemeat.  a mixture of chopped or minced ingredients used for stuffing

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Etymology

Origin of forcemeat

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

Example Sentences

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forcemeat

Thicken the Baby Yoda gravy, if needful, with rice flour or with flour and Bantha butter, and serve plenty of Kowakian monkey-lizard forcemeat balls round the head.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2019

It was powder and milk, not forcemeat and cloth.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2018

Paté en croute is a dense, savory loaf of pork and foie gras forcemeat, capped with a flavorful gelée and wrapped in a golden, egg-enriched pastry.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2017

I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was “mamaliga,” and egg-plant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call “impletata.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Quenelle, ke-nel′, n. a forcemeat ball of chicken, veal, or the like.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Related Words

• filling
• stuffing