1. A kitchen device or machine that cuts food (especially meat) into small pieces by forcing it through a rotating blade or perforated plate.
Usage: Common in British English; American English more often uses 'meat grinder'.

Examples

• She used a mincer to prepare ground beef for the meatballs.
• The butcher fed the scraps through an electric mincer.
• A hand-crank mincer is useful when you don't have much meat to process.
• He attached the mincer to the edge of the counter for stability.
• The recipe called for minced garlic, so I ran it through the mincer first.