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farce — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • farce noun A comic play or film built on absurd situations, mistaken identity, slamming doors and characters behaving with wild improbability, written purely to get laughs rather than to say anything serious.
  • forcemeat noun An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.

Senses

farce is used for these senses in English:

  • farce (countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
  • forcemeat (cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.

farce — full definition

  1. noun A comic play or film built on absurd situations, mistaken identity, slamming doors and characters behaving with wild improbability, written purely to get laughs rather than to say anything serious.
  2. noun A situation or process so badly handled or so obviously rigged that it cannot be taken seriously.
  3. noun In cookery, a seasoned stuffing of minced meat, herbs or breadcrumbs used to fill poultry, fish or vegetables.

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