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peppermint

peppermint

21 1.0
A small sweet candy flavored with mint oil to freshen the breath
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛpərˌmɪnt/
translation icon : caramelo de menta
  • The house was full of rich, wonderful smells, of baking and chocolate and peppermint sticks.
  • a peppermint candy
  • chocolate and peppermint
  • a peppermint cream

Or a Jolly rancher or a peppermint in the middle.

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Examples

  • Don't you have any peppermint or something?

    Double Indemnity (1944)

  • Must be them peppermints I ate before dinner.

    Night Must Fall (1937)

  • I picked them up there along with these little peppermint pretzels, which are so good.

  • WOMAN: And a peppermint double scoop.

    Peppermint (2018)

  • - You got some more peppermint sticks Mr. Mack?

    Candy (2017)

  • The twins had reached their goal: a jar of peppermints on the top shelf.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Powell stepped up to the counter and asked for half a pound of peppermints.

    Academic text (2009)

  • A few years ago, I made homemade peppermint patties, and holy cow, were they fab.

    Blog text (8)

  • Once Kellfittard gave her a box of chocolates, Bendicks' peppermints because he knew she liked them.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • During the holidays, I always enjoy making homemade peppermint bark to share with friends.

Synonyms

mint
vspeppermint
62 1.0

A small flavored candy eaten to freshen your breath

is larger and usually sold as hard disks or sticks not small breath sweets
peppermint candy
vspeppermint
1 1.5

A small hard sweet with a strong mint taste often red and white

is typically hard and often formed into disks or sticks
mint candy
vspeppermint
1 1.0

A small sweet with a mint taste that is often hard or chewy

is specifically hard and usually shaped into disks or sticks

Compounds

peppermint oil
1 3.4

A strong oil from the peppermint plant used to add flavour and help with digestion

peppermint candy
1 1.5

A small hard sweet with a strong mint taste often red and white

peppermint patty
  • US
1 3.4

A small round chocolate with a soft mint filling

peppermint gum
  • Australian
8.1

A tall tree from Tasmania with leaves that smell like mint

How Minty

peppermint
21 1.0
mint
62 1.0
menthe
  • Canadian
6.5
spearmint
5 2.4

Surface Forms

peppermint singular
peppermints plural

Morphology

peppermint = pepper + mint (semi-transparent) = pepper + mint

The compound is recognizable, but the sense 'a peppermint-flavoured sweet' is only indirectly predictable from the plant/flavour name rather than directly from 'pepper' plus 'mint'.

Etymology

Peppermint for a sweet takes its name from the herb because the candy is flavored with the oil of the peppermint plant, giving a cool, minty taste. That is why a peppermint sweet freshens your breath and tastes like the mint plant.