mint
1 Americannoun
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any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
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a soft or hard confection or candy flavored with spearmint or peppermint.
after-dinner mints.
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mint green. a light green color with a cool, bluish undertone.
The cushion comes in mint or orange.
adjective
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made or flavored with mint.
mint tea.
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of the color mint.
noun
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mints
plural
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a place where coins, paper currency, special medals, etc., are produced under government authority.
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a place where something is produced or manufactured
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a vast amount, especially of money.
He made a mint in oil wells.
adjective
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Philately. (of a stamp) being in its original, unused condition.
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unused or appearing to be newly made and never used.
a book in mint condition.
verb (used with object)
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mints,
present (3rd person singular)
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minted,
past, past participle
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minting
present participle
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to make (coins, money, etc.) by stamping metal.
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to turn (metal) into coins.
to mint gold into sovereigns.
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to make or fabricate; invent.
to mint words.
noun
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intent; purpose.
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an attempt; try; effort.
verb (used with object)
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to try (something); attempt.
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to take aim at (something) with a gun.
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to hit or strike at (someone or something).
verb (used without object)
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to try; attempt.
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to take aim.
noun
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a place where money is coined by governmental authority
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a very large amount of money
he made a mint in business
adjective
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(of coins, postage stamps, etc) in perfect condition as issued
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informal excellent; impressive
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in perfect condition; as if new
verb
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to make (coins) by stamping metal
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(tr) to invent (esp phrases or words)
noun
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any N temperate plant of the genus Mentha , having aromatic leaves and spikes of small typically mauve flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates). The leaves of some species are used for seasoning and flavouring See also peppermint spearmint horsemint water mint
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another name for dittany
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a sweet flavoured with mint
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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mintsimple
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mintssimple
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have mintedperfect
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has mintedperfect
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am mintingprogressive
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are mintingprogressive
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is mintingprogressive
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have been mintingperfect progressive
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has been mintingperfect progressive
Past
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mintedsimple
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had mintedperfect
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was mintingprogressive
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were mintingprogressive
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had been mintingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of mint1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English minte (cognate with Old High German minza ), from Latin ment(h)a, from the same source as Greek mínthē
Origin of mint2
First recorded before 900; Middle English mint(e), Old English mynet “coin, coinage, money,” from Latin monēta “coin, mint,” after the temple of Juno Monēta, where Roman money was coined
Origin of mint3
First recorded before 900; Middle English verb minten, munte(n) “to intend, plan, think of,” Old English myntan, gemyntan “to mean, intend”; akin to mind; noun derivative of the verb
Explanation
Mint is a green herb with a bright, cool taste and smell. The best part about brushing your teeth is the clean flavor of mint in your mouth afterward. Mint plants smell great, and you can even chew the leaves as a natural breath freshener. The sweet, clean flavor is common in chewing gum, dental floss, and candy (in fact, a mint-flavored candy is called a mint). A completely different sort of mint is a place where money is made, or minted. Informally, an enormous amount of money is also a mint: "He inherited a mint and bought a Rolls Royce."
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It seems like the NFL realized players could claim to have been demonstrating their love for anything from water to a wild huckleberry mint mojito mocktail and decided to let this one go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
If SpaceX is allowed to try really hard to infiltrate your sensible money-market index fund, why not put it into something you’re actually passionate about, like an ultra-rare mint condition Umbreon card?
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
I like going to the coffee shop where the barista remembers that I take my mint tea iced and unsweetened, and I remember that she has a puppet showcase coming up.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Active managers argue that higher interest rates have ended the cheap-money tide that lifted all boats, just as AI is set to mint huge winners and losers, making security selection crucial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
It didn’t to Jonah—he’d always known he was adopted, and as far as he was concerned, it wasn’t much more of a deal than his liking mint chocolate-chip ice cream while Katherine liked orange sherbet.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
After years of disappointment, a random eBay trawl turned up a surprise offer of the long-lost chocolate mints, with a notice for mint vintage items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
It is very rare to find a complete crinoid, but rather the individual discs that make up the stem - these are the St Cuthbert's beads - and often resemble polo mints.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
There’s been a “sudden rush” into physical silver by Western buyers, he said, pointing out that mints have waits of a month or longer for silver bullion coins.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 14, 2026
I wandered next door into the exhibit hall, where rows of tables were strapped with plastic banners and heaped with leaflets, mints, lens cleaners, highlighters, and tote bags.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
I propped Raulito up on the baptismal font and gave the other children mints to keep them quiet.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
And it boasts a great cast, including newly minted Emmy winner Kate O’Flynn, as charming here as she is on “Widow’s Bay.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Hasler compared that coin with other Roman coins from the same period and concluded that it was probably minted before September.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Share sales at OpenAI and Anthropic minted hundreds of millionaires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
As of Wednesday morning, the new meme coin $LAPTOP has been officially minted on a blockchain developed by Coinbase and made available for users to buy and trade across exchanges like Pump and Fomo.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
One of the most interesting artifacts that has been brought to the surface is a misshapen $20 gold coin, minted in 1860, with the inscription “Shiloh, April 6th, 1862, My Life Preserver, G. E. D.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
The price level rose until the coin could no longer buy anything, at which point minting it became a charitable donation to the zinc industry.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Both OpenAI and Anthropic are growing fast and are both on the verge of raising eye-watering sums of money from the stock market, minting countless billionaires in the process.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company is involved in the entire downstream precious-metal supply chain—from refinery operations, the minting of investment-grade numismatic bullion, worldwide transportation, and storage services to online precious-metals retail.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
The show and its creator, Sam Levinson, have courted controversy by pushing the show to ever more graphic heights, while also minting some of Hollywood’s brightest new stars, including Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
I can gather no record of any minting having ever taken place in Guernsey.
From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by B. Lowsley
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