menthol
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- noun
- /ˈmɛnθəl/
- Specialized
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mentol
- But I do get a hint of that menthol vibe going on too.
- menthol cream
- menthol drops
- menthol rubs
If they smell good, it smells like menthol.
- If they smell good, it smells like menthol.
- I stopped using menthol in my overnight night bombs because James hates it.
- And it says a fresh take on Christmas cleansing with peppermint and menthol crystals.
- So more on that on the skin, on the skin care side of things and the scrubbing lotion which contain menthol.
- But I do get a hint of that menthol vibe going on too.
- They got regular mint, they got cement, they got menthol, peanut butter, bro, everything, man.
Examples
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I squeezed a small amount of the menthol shaving soap from the tube into my hands, lathered up, and got to work.
Blog text (1) -
Also, for great cough/cold relief, add menthol like VIC, which can be purchased at a chemist or health section at Superstore.
Blog text (18) -
I smell the menthol up here, man!
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Do you have any idea how hard it is to get menthol up here?
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Can I please get menthol?
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I stopped using menthol in my overnight night bombs because James hates it.
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Or maybe she put some menthol on her temples like she does when she has a headache or under her nose for her allergies.
Fiction book (2002) -
Wilson and other ARS scientists developed a menthol treatment to kill tracheal mites that is being used in both countries today.
Academic text (1996) -
It just feels like a nice minty texture, like almost like a menthol feel how it just feels very cooling and kind of tingly, which I like.
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The menthol in the cough drops provides a soothing cooling sensation that helps relieve my sore throat.
How Cooling
Surface Forms
Morphology
menthol = menth + ol
The word has a chemical suffix '-ol', but the stem 'menth-' is not a transparent, productive English base for most learners, so the meaning has to be learned largely as a whole.
Etymology
Menthol comes from the old word mentha, which means 'mint', plus the chemical ending -ol, meaning 'a type of alcohol'. So menthol is the mint chemical that gives lotions and lozenges a cool, minty feeling.