minced
v. B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈmɪnst// UK //mˈɪnst// minced
v. to cut food into very small pieces, like a knife and a chopping board. You usually do this to meat or onions before cooking.
v. to cut food into very small pieces, typically using a knife and a chopping board. Often used in the context of preparing ingredients for cooking.
I need to minced the onions for the soup.
The chef showed the students how to minced the garlic finely to ensure the sauce had a smooth texture.
While some recipes call for chopped herbs, others require the leaves to be minced to release their full aroma during the initial stages of the cooking process.
From Middle English mynced, ymynced, y-mynsed. By surface analysis, mince + -ed.
From mince + -ed.