mint
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- noun
- /mɪnt/
:
menta
- To make a refreshing drink, add some fresh mint leaves to your iced tea.
- mint plant
- mint family
Now we are going to pour in our mint extract for flavoring.
- Now we are going to pour in our mint extract for flavoring.
- And you steep the mint in with the tea bags.
- Got this Freeman mask, mint and lemon clay mask.
- Tickle a real Elmo and then get you that mint chocolate chimpanzee.
Examples
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How about mint tea?
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Kylie, could you please go get that mint from the garden before your bus gets here?
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After dinner some fruit, some mint tea, and let the music begin.
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Bring in the mint, the crushed ice.
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This is just a giant hedge of mint and it's beautiful, beautiful stuff.
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And you steep the mint in with the tea bags.
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A breeze carried the scent of mint from Magda's window box.
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Spiced goat with couscous and mint sauce.
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We drank white grape juice with mint sprigs at the kitchen table.
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The hutch doors hung open, and along with the mint and the thyme, a familiar salt-sour smell hung.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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A plant used to add flavor to food or to make medicine
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A garden herb with minty leaves used to make tea and flavor food
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A garden herb with fresh minty leaves used in food and tea
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A small stem with mint leaves used to add flavor or decoration to food and drinks
Leaves of a mint plant used to add fresh flavor to food or drinks
A garden herb with leaves that smell like apples and are used in teas and salads
A small plant with leaves that taste cool and smell like apples and are used in cooking and tea
A wild plant with a fresh smell used to add taste to food and tea
A small herb with a strong smell and green leaves used to make tea and oils
A mint plant with leaves that smell of fresh citrus and that people use in cooking and for scent
A mint plant with a citrus smell often used in teas
A plant with a fresh mint smell that grows near water
A small plant with leaves that smell of lemon that people use to flavor tea and drinks
A mint plant with strong smell and spikes of small flowers that attract bees
Compounds
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A government office that makes United States coins and handles government gold and silver
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An official government body that makes United States coins and works with gold and silver
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A small stem with mint leaves used to add flavor or decoration to food and drinks
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A government agency that makes and gives out coins and handles gold and silver
- US
A plant from the eastern United States that lives for several years with narrow fragrant leaves and small green flowers
A mint plant with leaves that smell of fresh citrus and that people use in cooking and for scent
A small plant with leaves that taste cool and smell like apples and are used in cooking and tea
A small plant with leaves that smell of lemon that people use to flavor tea and drinks
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A herb from Oaxaca, Mexico that can make you see or feel things that are not real
A small plant that lives for many years with scented leaves and small white flowers
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A fragrant annual herb with long narrow leaves and clusters of rose-purple flowers
A North American plant that grows in woods with pale blue or purple spotted flowers
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Etymology
Mint comes from an old Greek name menthe, a story about a nymph turned into the plant, so the word brings to mind cool, fresh leaves. That's why mint means the plant we use to add a fresh taste to food and tea.