MINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mint mean? 

• MINT (noun)
  The noun MINT has 6 senses:

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

2. any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers

3. any member of the mint family of plants

4. the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied

5. a candy that is flavored with a mint oil

6. a plant where money is coined by authority of the government

  Familiarity information: MINT used as a noun is common.

• MINT (adjective)
  The adjective MINT has 1 sense:

1. as if new

  Familiarity information: MINT used as an adjective is very rare.

• MINT (verb)
  The verb MINT has 1 sense:

1. form by stamping, punching, or printing

  Familiarity information: MINT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

Context example:

a wad of money

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)

Sense 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

Meaning:

A candy that is flavored with a mint oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

mint; mint candy

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 6

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)

• MINT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

As if new

Context example:

in mint condition

Similar:

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

• MINT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mint    ... he / she / it mints   
Past simple: minted   
Past participle: minted   
-ing form: minting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form by stamping, punching, or printing

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

coin; mint; strike

Context example:

strike a medal

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)

 Context examples 

Saturn, newly minted in Aquarius, will also be supportive of this new moon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"The dog's a mint. I ain't a- goin' to be robbed. A man's got his rights."

(White Fang, by Jack London)

For my part, as I was not much use at carrying, I was kept busy all day in the cave packing the minted money into bread-bags.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Why should you mint beauty into gold?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A plant with aromatic leaves and flowers that is a member of the mint family.

(English lavender, NCI Dictionary)

“And by that sort of thing we very often lose a little mint of money,” said Mr. Omer.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

An organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or mint oils with flavoring and local anesthetic properties.

(Menthol, NCI Thesaurus)

"I'm sorry to be troublin' you with me foolish spache," he said regretfully. "I mint nothin' by it. 'Tis a great day for Michael Dennin, an' he's as gay as a lark."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles mint.

(Mint Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)

A bushy herb that is a member of the mint family.

(Patchouli, NCI Dictionary)