26984 words

mints

17 definitions • 15 examples
1
a herb whose leaves have a strong, fresh smell and taste and are used for giving flavour to food:

Examples:

a sprig of mint
mint-flavoured gum/toothpaste
2
a sweet with a mint flavour:

Examples:

a packet of extra-strong mints
after-dinner chocolate mints
3
a place where the new coins of a country are made
4
an extremely large amount of money:

Examples:

If his books sell worldwide, he'll make a mint.
5
Mint stamps and coins, etc. have not been used:

Examples:

A collector would pay $500 for a mint copy.
6
perfect, as if new:

Examples:

I bought a two-year-old car, in mint condition, with less than 20,000 miles.
7
to produce a coin for the government
8
to produce something new, especially to invent a new phrase or word:
9
an herb whose leaves have a clean smell and taste, used to flavor food, drinks, and candy
10
A mint is also a candy with this strong, fresh flavor.
11
a place where the new coins and paper money of a country are made
12
infml A mint is also a very large amount of money:

Examples:

The new roof cost us a mint.
13
to make a new coin
14
a place where the coins and paper money of a country are made:

Examples:

The U.S. Mint issued about 8.23 billion pennies last year.
15
an extremely large amount of money:

Examples:

The whole crazy project took ten years and cost a mint.
make a mint from/on/out of sth The movie studio is likely to make a mint on the film.
16
something that is in mint condition looks or works almost like it is new:

Examples:

To get a good sale price, both the record and its cover should be in mint condition.
17
if a government mints a coin, it makes it:

Examples:

It costs more to mint a coin than to print a bill.

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