mint
noun · verb · adjective
Simple meaning
A pale, fresh green color.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
mintIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmɪnt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A pale, fresh green color.
A plant where money is coined by authority of the government
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
informal
A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.
A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
verb
transitive
To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
adjective
UKIrelandAustraliaNew Zealandslang
Attractive; beautiful; handsome.
Of a green color, like that of the mint plant.
Ellipsis of mint condition: like new.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: a pale, fresh green color.
Used this way, mint is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use mint
- “I love the fresh smell of mint growing in the garden.”
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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A skilled worker who coins or stamps money.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice.
Sweetened diluted vinegar with chopped mint leaves.
Tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers.
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.
A candy that is flavored with a mint oil.
Perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads.
Related words
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Mint-scented perennial of central and southern Europe.
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