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# menthol

«menthol» in Mova's school dictionary: **a substance from mint oil that gives a cool, fresh…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (menthol)

### meaning for a pupil

Menthol is a substance from mint oil that gives a cool, fresh feeling and smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menthol/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and health: menthol is in cough sweets, chest rubs, toothpaste and chewing gum.

### examples

- Menthol makes my throat feel cool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menthol/#x1)
- Cough sweets often contain menthol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menthol/#x2)
- The chest rub smells strongly of menthol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menthol/#x3)
- Menthol comes from mint plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menthol/#x4)
- This toothpaste has menthol in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menthol/#x5)
- Menthol tricks your skin into feeling cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menthol/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Menthol does not really make you colder; it tricks the nerves. Medicines with menthol should only be used as the label says.

### In the corpora

- [Menthol in mint switches on the nerve sensors that detect cold, so the mouth feels cool though it is not colder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «menthol» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menthol/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.