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Mint

Mint Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mint? [n] a plant where money is coined by authority of the government [n] a candy that is flavored with a mint oil [n] the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied [n] any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers [n] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" [v] form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mint: batch \| coin \| deal \| flock \| good deal \| great deal \| hatful \| heap \| lot \| mass \| mess \| mickle \| muckle \| peck \| pile \| plenty \| pot \| quite a little \| raft \| sight \| slew \| spate \| stack \| strike \| tidy sum \| wad \| whole lot \| whole slew Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mint: armory \| arsenal \| assembly line \| assembly plant \| atomic energy plant \| batch \| beget \| bindery \| block out \| boatyard \| boilery \| bomb \| boodle \| bookbindery \| brand-new \| breed \| brewery \| brickyard \| bright \| bring forth \| bring into being \| bundle \| call into being \| cannery \| carve \| cast \| chisel \| coin \| conceive \| concoct \| considerable \| contrive \| cook up \| counterfeit \| creamery \| create \| cut \| dairy \| deal \| defense plant \| design \| develop \| devise \| die \| discover \| distillery \| dockyard \| dream up \| earn \| efform \| engender \| evolve \| extra \| fabricate \| factory \| factory belt \| factory district \| factory-new \| fashion \| feeder plant \| figure \| fire-new \| fix \| flour mill \| forge \| form \| formalize \| found \| frame \| fresh \| generate \| give being to \| give rise to \| gobs \| good deal \| good sum \| great deal \| harmless \| hatch \| heap \| heaps \| heaps of gold \| held back \| held in reserve \| held out \| hew \| improvise \| in abeyance \| in hand \| in mint condition \| inaugurate \| industrial park \| industrial zone \| innovate \| intact \| intaglio \| invent \| inviolate \| knead \| knock out \| large sum \| lashings \| last \| lay out \| lick into shape \| like new \| loads \| lot \| lots \| main plant \| make \| make do with \| make up \| manufactory \| manufacturing plant \| manufacturing quarter \| matrix \| mature \| mess \| mill \| millions \| mint of money \| model \| mold \| munitions plant \| negative \| neologize \| neoterize \| new \| new-begotten \| newborn \| new-built \| new-fledged \| new-grown \| new-laid \| new-made \| new-minted \| new-model \| new-mown \| new-wrought \| oil refinery \| oodles \| original \| originate \| pack \| packet \| packing house \| peck \| perfect \| pile \| piles \| plan \| plant \| pot \| potful \| pots \| pottery \| power of money \| power plant \| pretty penny \| pristine \| procreate \| produce \| production line \| punch \| push-button plant \| put aside \| put by \| quite a little \| raft \| rafts \| refinery \| renew \| renovate \| reserve \| roll \| rough out \| roughcast \| roughhew \| saved \| sawmill \| scads \| scatheless \| sculpt \| sculpture \| seal \| set \| shape \| shipyard \| shoe last \| shove the queer \| sight \| slew \| slews \| spare \| spate \| spawn \| spick-and-span \| stack \| stacks \| stamp \| stored \| strike out \| subassembly plant \| sugar refinery \| suspended \| tailor \| tannery \| template \| thermoform \| think out \| think up \| thousands \| tidy sum \| to spare \| ton \| unapplied \| unbeaten \| unbroken \| unbruised \| uncirculated \| unconsumed \| undamaged \| undefaced \| undeformed \| undemolished \| undestroyed \| unemployed \| unexercised \| unexpended \| unfaded \| unhandled \| unharmed \| unhurt \| unimpaired \| uninjured \| unmaimed \| unmangled \| unmarked \| unmarred \| unscarred \| unscathed \| unscratched \| unshattered \| unspent \| unspoiled \| untapped \| untorn \| untouched \| untrodden \| unused \| unutilized \| unwithered \| unworn \| utter \| virgin \| wad \| wads \| waived \| whole slew \| winery \| work \| yard \| yards See Also \| apple mint \| applemint \| bergamot mint \| candy \| corn mint \| create from raw material \| create from raw stuff \| deluge \| eau de cologne mint \| field mint \| flood \| genus Mentha \| herb \| herb \| herbaceous plant \| horsemint \| industrial plant \| inundation \| large indefinite amount \| large indefinite quantity \| lemon mint \| Mentha \| Mentha aquatica \| Mentha arvensis \| Mentha citrata \| Mentha longifolia \| Mentha piperita \| Mentha pulegium \| Mentha rotundifolia \| Mentha spicata \| Mentha suaveolens \| mint \| mint \| mint candy \| pennyroyal \| peppermint \| peppermint \| peppermint candy \| plant \| spearmint \| torrent \| water mint \| watermint \| works Mint In Webster's Dictionary \Mint\, n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. ?, ?.] (Bot.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus {Mentha}, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See {Mentha}. Note: {Corn mint} is {Mentha arvensis}. {Horsemint} is {M. sylvestris}, and in the United States {Monarda punctata}, which differs from the true mints in several respects. {Mountain mint} is any species of the related genus {Pycnanthemum}, common in North America. {Peppermint} is {M. piperita}. {Spearmint} is {M. viridis}. {Water mint} is {M. aquatica}. {Mint camphor}. (Chem.) See {Menthol}. {Mint julep}. See {Julep}. {Mint sauce}, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats. \Mint\, n. [AS. mynet money, coin, fr. L. moneta the mint, coined money, fr. Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose at Rome money was coined; akin to monere to warn, admonish, AS. manian, and to E. mind. See {Mind}, and cf. {Money}, {Monition}.] 1. A place where money is coined by public authority. 2. Hence: Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself. A mint of phrases in his brain. --Shak. \Mint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Minting}.] [AS. mynetian.] 1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money. 2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily minted. --Bacon. {Minting mill}, a coining press.

Mint Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mint?

[n] a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
[n] a candy that is flavored with a mint oil
[n] the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied
[n] any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers
[n] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
[v] form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal"

Mint In Webster's Dictionary

\Mint\, n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. ?, ?.] (Bot.)
The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the
genus {Mentha}, yielding odoriferous essential oils by
distillation. See {Mentha}.



Note:

{Corn mint} is {Mentha arvensis}.

{Horsemint} is {M. sylvestris}, and in the United States
   {Monarda punctata}, which differs from the true mints in
   several respects.

{Mountain mint} is any species of the related genus
   {Pycnanthemum}, common in North America.

{Peppermint} is {M. piperita}.

{Spearmint} is {M. viridis}.

{Water mint} is {M. aquatica}.

{Mint camphor}. (Chem.) See {Menthol}.

{Mint julep}. See {Julep}.

{Mint sauce}, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.


\Mint\, n. [AS. mynet money, coin, fr. L. moneta the mint,
coined money, fr. Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose at Rome
money was coined; akin to monere to warn, admonish, AS.
manian, and to E. mind. See {Mind}, and cf. {Money},
{Monition}.]
1. A place where money is coined by public authority.

2. Hence: Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply;
   the supply itself.

         A mint of phrases in his brain.       --Shak.


\Mint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Minting}.] [AS. mynetian.]
1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp
   into money.

2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

         Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily
         minted.                               --Bacon.

{Minting mill}, a coining press.

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