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English 8 senses of the word *mint*:
NOUN	quantity	mint, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad	(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
	plant	mint	any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers
	plant	mint	any member of the mint family of plants
	food	mint	the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied
	food	mint, mint candy	a candy that is flavored with a mint oil
	artifact	mint	a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
VERB	creation	mint, coin, strike	form by stamping, punching, or printing
ADJECTIVE	all	mint	as if new

mint pronunciation
Sounds	mih'nt
Rhymes	ament ... varmint: 39 rhymes with ihnt...

Englishmint: 8 senses adjective 1
Meaning	As if new.
Example	"in mint condition"
Broader	perfect	complete of its kind and without defect / defect / defect / defect or blemish

Englishmint: 8 senses noun 1, quantity
Meaning	(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent.
Example	"he made a mint on the stock market"
Synonyms	batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
Narrower	flood, inundation, deluge, torrent	An overwhelming number or amount
Narrower	haymow	A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
Broader	large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount	An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
Spanish	avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila
Catalan	apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou

Englishmint: 8 senses noun 2, plant
Meaning	Any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers.
Member of	Mentha, genus Mentha	mint plants
Parts	mint	The leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied
Narrower	apple mint, applemint, Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens	mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe
	bergamot mint, lemon mint, eau de cologne mint, Mentha citrata	mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange
	corn mint, field mint, Mentha arvensis	European mint naturalized in United States
	horsemint, Mentha longifolia	A coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers
	pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium	Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves
	peppermint, Mentha piperita	herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring
	spearmint, Mentha spicata	Common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring
	water-mint, water mint, Mentha aquatica	A European mint that thrives in wet places
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanish	menta
Catalan	menta

Englishmint: 8 senses noun 3, plant
Meaning	Any member of the mint family of plants.
Broader	Labiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Lamiaceae, mint family	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

Englishmint: 8 senses noun 4, food
Meaning	The leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied.
Part of	mint	Any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers
Broader	herb	aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
Substance of	mint, mint candy	A candy that is flavored with a mint oil

Englishmint: 8 senses noun 5, food
Meaning	A candy that is flavored with a mint oil.
Synonym	mint candy
Narrower	peppermint, peppermint candy	A candy flavored with peppermint oil
Broader	candy, confect	A rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
Substances	mint	The leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied
Spanish	caramelo de menta
Catalan	caramel de menta
Adjectives	minty	relating to or suggestive of mint

Englishmint: 8 senses noun 6, artifact
Meaning	A plant where money is coined by authority of the government.
Instances	United States Mint, U.S. Mint, US Mint	The mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks
Broader	plant, works, industrial plant	buildings for carrying on industrial labor
Verbs	mint	form by stamping, punching, or printing

Englishmint: 8 senses verb 1, creation
Meaning	form by stamping, punching, or printing.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	coin, strike
Broader	create from raw material, create from raw stuff	make from scratch
Spanish	acuñar
Catalan	batre, encunyar
Nouns	mint	a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
	mintage	act or process of minting coins
	minter	a skilled worker who coins or stamps money

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