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FORCEMEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forcemeat mean? 

FORCEMEAT (noun)
  The noun FORCEMEAT has 1 sense:

1. mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggsplay

  Familiarity information: FORCEMEAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FORCEMEAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

farce; forcemeat

Hypernyms ("forcemeat" is a kind of...):

dressing; stuffing (a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables)


 Context examples 


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.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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