menthol

«menthol» in Mova's school dictionary: a substance from mint oil that gives a cool, fresh… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (menthol)

meaning for a pupil

Menthol is a substance from mint oil that gives a cool, fresh feeling and smell. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and health: menthol is in cough sweets, chest rubs, toothpaste and chewing gum.

examples

• Menthol makes my throat feel cool. tree →
• Cough sweets often contain menthol. tree →
• The chest rub smells strongly of menthol. tree →
• Menthol comes from mint plants. tree →
• This toothpaste has menthol in it. tree →
• Menthol tricks your skin into feeling cold. tree →

note

Uncountable. Menthol does not really make you colder; it tricks the nerves. Medicines with menthol should only be used as the label says.

In the corpora

• Menthol in mint switches on the nerve sensors that detect cold, so the mouth feels cool though it is not colder.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «menthol» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.