mint
part of speech
noun (mint, uncountable — the plant; a mint, mints — sweet; a mint — coins); verb (mint, mints, minted, minting); adjective (in mint condition)
meaning for a pupil
1) Mint is a plant with a fresh, strong-tasting leaf used in cooking and in toothpaste. tree →
2) A mint is a sweet tasting of mint. tree →
3) A mint is a place where a country makes its coins. tree →
4) To mint coins is to make them. tree →
5) In mint condition means looking brand new. tree →
sense in the lessons
In cooking, mint goes in sauces, drinks and salads; peppermint and spearmint are kinds of mint. In money lessons, the mint makes coins (the Royal Mint, the US Mint). Collectors want cards and toys "in mint condition". Phrases: "mint sauce", "a mint" (a lot of money, informal).
examples
- We grow mint in the garden. tree →
- Would you like a mint? tree →
- Coins are made at the mint. tree →
- The new coins were minted this year. tree →
- My comic is in mint condition. tree →
- Mint toothpaste makes your mouth feel fresh. tree →
- Lamb is often served with mint sauce. tree →
- That house must have cost a mint. tree →
- The overseer of the mint struck coins for me. tree →
note
The plant is uncountable ("some mint"); the sweet is countable ("two mints"). "Mint condition" means perfect, as if just made. "Freshly minted" means brand new.
In the corpora
- Menthol in mint switches on the nerve sensors that detect cold, so the mouth feels cool though it is not colder.
- "Minted" is British slang for very rich.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «mint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.