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# mint

«mint» in Mova's school dictionary: **a plant with a fresh, strong-tasting leaf used in cooking…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (mint, uncountable — the plant; a mint, mints — sweet; a mint — coins); verb (mint, mints, minted, minting); adjective (in mint condition)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Mint is a plant with a fresh, strong-tasting leaf used in cooking and in toothpaste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#m1)

2) A mint is a sweet tasting of mint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#m2)

3) A mint is a place where a country makes its coins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#m3)

4) To mint coins is to make them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#m4)

5) In mint condition means looking brand new. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking, mint goes in sauces, drinks and salads; peppermint and spearmint are kinds of mint. In money lessons, the mint makes coins (the Royal Mint, the US Mint). Collectors want cards and toys "in mint condition". Phrases: "mint sauce", "a mint" (a lot of money, informal).

### examples

- We grow mint in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#x1)
- Would you like a mint? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#x2)
- Coins are made at the mint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#x3)
- The new coins were minted this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#x4)
- My comic is in mint condition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#x5)
- Mint toothpaste makes your mouth feel fresh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#x6)
- Lamb is often served with mint sauce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#x7)
- That house must have cost a mint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#x8)
- The overseer of the mint struck coins for me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mint/#x9)

### note

The plant is uncountable ("some mint"); the sweet is countable ("two mints"). "Mint condition" means perfect, as if just made. "Freshly minted" means brand new.

### 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/)
- ["Minted" is British slang for very rich.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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