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MINT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant where money is coined by authority of the government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

industrial plant; plant; works (buildings for carrying on industrial labor)

Instance hyponyms:

U.S. Mint; United States Mint; US Mint (the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks; processes gold and silver bullion)

Derivation:

mint (form by stamping, punching, or printing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A candy that is flavored with a mint oil

Synonyms:

mint; mint candy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

candy; confect (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)

Meronyms (substance of "mint"):

mint (the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mint"):

peppermint; peppermint candy (a candy flavored with peppermint oil)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

herb (aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities)

Holonyms ("mint" is a part of...):

mint (any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers)

Holonyms ("mint" is a substance of...):

mint; mint candy (a candy that is flavored with a mint oil)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Any member of the mint family of plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family (a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "mint"):

mint (the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mint"):

corn mint; field mint; Mentha arvensis (European mint naturalized in United States)

Mentha aquatica; water-mint; water mint (a European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America)

bergamot mint; eau de cologne mint; lemon mint; Mentha citrata (mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange)

horsemint; Mentha longifolia (a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States)

Mentha piperita; peppermint (herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring)

Mentha spicata; spearmint (common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring)

apple mint; applemint; Mentha rotundifolia; Mentha suaveolens (mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States)

Mentha pulegium; pennyroyal (Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil)

Holonyms ("mint" is a member of...):

genus Mentha; Mentha (mint plants)

Sense 6

Meaning:

(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

Example:

a wad of money

Synonyms:

batch; deal; flock; good deal; great deal; hatful; heap; lot; mass; mess; mickle; mint; mountain; muckle; passel; peck; pile; plenty; pot; quite a little; raft; sight; slew; spate; stack; tidy sum; wad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mint"):

deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)

haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

As if new

Example:

in mint condition

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

perfect (being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form by stamping, punching, or printing

Example:

strike a medal

Synonyms:

coin; mint; strike

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "mint" is one way to...):

create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mint (a plant where money is coined by authority of the government)

mintage (act or process of minting coins)

minter (a skilled worker who coins or stamps money)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Thanks to my brother Death, I’ve lighted on a fortune. It’s a mint.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A substance that comes from mint oils or is made in the laboratory.

(Menthol, NCI Dictionary)

A levo isomer of menthol, an organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or mint oils with flavoring and local anesthetic properties.

(Levomenthol, NCI Thesaurus)

A plant family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets which includes the mints, thyme, sage, and rosemary.

(Lamiaceae, NCI Thesaurus)

Mouthwashes, mints or chewing gum may make your breath fresher.

(Bad Breath, NIH)

The essential oil of Mentha arvensis, the field mint.

(Mentha arvensis Flower Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

An herbal remedy containing parts of Leonurus cardiaca, a perennial plant in the mint family Lamiaceae.

(Motherwort, NCI Thesaurus)

Other examples include a hybrid of zinc and chicory (Cichorium intybus), extracts of seaweed (Gracilaria edulis) and horse mint (Mentha longifolia).

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)

The second waiter informed me, in a whisper, that this old gentleman was a retired conveyancer living in the Square, and worth a mint of money, which it was expected he would leave to his laundress's daughter; likewise that it was rumoured that he had a service of plate in a bureau, all tarnished with lying by, though more than one spoon and a fork had never yet been beheld in his chambers by mortal vision.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Open the whiskey, Tom," she ordered. "And I'll make you a mint julep. Then you won't seem so stupid to yourself. . . . Look at the mint!"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)