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# peppermint

«peppermint» in Mova's school dictionary: **a mint plant with a strong, fresh, cool taste and smell** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (peppermint — uncountable; a peppermint, peppermints)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Peppermint is a mint plant with a strong, fresh, cool taste and smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppermint/#m1)

2) Peppermint is the flavour or oil from this plant, used in sweets, toothpaste and tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppermint/#m2)

3) A peppermint is a sweet with this flavour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppermint/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is a flavour in sweets, gum, toothpaste and tea; in science, its oil makes the mouth feel cold because a chemical called menthol tricks the nerves. Phrases: peppermint tea, a peppermint cream, peppermint oil, a packet of peppermints.

### examples

- Gran always has peppermints in her bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppermint/#x1)
- Peppermint tea helps settle your tummy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppermint/#x2)
- This toothpaste tastes of peppermint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppermint/#x3)
- We grew peppermint in the school garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppermint/#x4)
- Can I have a peppermint, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppermint/#x5)
- Peppermint makes your mouth feel cool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppermint/#x6)
- The candy cane was striped red and white with peppermint flavour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppermint/#x7)

### note

Uncountable for the plant or flavour; countable for the sweets (two peppermints). Peppermint does not contain pepper. American spelling «flavor» but the word itself is the same everywhere.

### Trees and pragmatics

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