minces
Cuts very small
Minces is the third-person singular of the verb mince, which means to cut or chop food into very small pieces, as with garlic or onion.
To mince words is to speak evasively or with excessive delicacy, and the phrase almost always appears in the negative: She doesn't mince words when giving feedback.
Mince can also describe walking with short, affected steps, suggesting primness or affectation.
Marked cubes for chance
- chopQuick forceful slice
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- slicingCutting into portions
- grindingMolar action sometimes
shredding · knife · cleaver · blender · grater · mandoline · julienne · chiffonade
Falsely grand or important
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
showy · prissy · fussy · overdone · artificial · contrived · mannered · precious
Pungent culinary bulb
- onionsPungent layered cooking bulbs
- gingerPungent culinary rhizome
- herbsPlants for seasoning
- shallotsMild clustered cooking bulbs
aromatics · sauté · filling · pork · beef · lamb · pie · stuffing
dice
Marked cubes for chance
grinding · shredding · knife · cleaver · blender · grater · mandoline · julienne · chiffonade · cubing
pretentious
Falsely grand or important
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
flamboyant · showy · prissy · fussy · overdone · artificial · contrived · mannered · precious · dainty
garlic
Pungent culinary bulb
shallots · aromatics · sauté · filling · pork · beef · lamb · pie · stuffing · dumplings
tiptoe
Walk on foot-fronts
shuffle · step · dainty · delicate · affectedly · prissily · gingerly · carefully · primly · fussily
euphemism
Mild substitute for bluntness
sugarcoat · downplay · temper · moderate · cushion · dilute · diplomatically · tactfully · carefully · guardedly
- minced garlicFinely chopped pungent bulb
- mince pieSpiced fruit-filled pastry
- minced meatsFinely cut flesh
- not mince words
- mincing wordsSoftening speech deliberately
- mince wordsSpeak evasively to soften
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