mintnoun
uk/mɪnt/us/mɪnt/mint noun (PLANT)
B2 [ U ] a herb whose leaves have a strong, fresh smell and taste and are used for giving flavour to food:
[ C ] a sweet with a mint flavour:
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- Top each bowl with a generous sprinkling of fresh mint.
- I tried sucking (on) a mint to stop myself coughing.
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Herbs & spices
- allspice
- basil
- bay leaf
- black pepper
- borage
- cinnamon
- condiment
- coriander
- cumin
- curry paste
- jalapeño
- lemon grass
- mace
- marjoram
- masala
- spearmint
- spice
- tarragon
- thyme
- turmeric
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mint noun (MONEY)
[ C ] a place where the new coins of a country are made
[ S ] informal an extremely large amount of money:
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Factories
- assembly line
- brewery
- cannery
- conveyor belt
- cooling tower
- industrial estate
- industrial park
- mill
- miller
- on the factory floor idiom
- pallet
- plant
- power station
- production line
- slaughterhouse
- steel mill
- sweatshop
- tannery
- the shop floor
- workshop
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mintadjective [ before noun ]
uk/mɪnt/us/mɪnt/Mint stamps and coins, etc. have not been used:
perfect, as if new:
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New
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- afresh
- brand new
- brave new
- break the mould idiom
- breath
- injection
- innovation
- innovative
- latest
- latter-day
- minute 1
- neo-
- novel
- novelty
- original
- originality
- pristine
- revolutionary
- up-to-the-minute idiom
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mintverb [ T ]
uk/mɪnt/us/mɪnt/mint verb [ T ] (COIN)
to produce a coin for the government
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Industrial processing
- can 1
- cast
- desalinate
- desalination
- die-cast
- extract
- fluoridate
- mould
- nurdles
- plastic
- preserve
- process
- raw material
- refine
- refinement
- reprocess
- smelt 1
- tan
- treat
- work
mint verb [ T ] (NEW THING)
to produce something new, especially to invent a new phrase or word:
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Creating and producing
- bear fruit idiom
- bring
- bring sth out
- churn sth out
- cobble
- craft
- mass-produce
- on the go idiom
- overproduce
- patch
- patch sth together
- phase
- pump
- raise
- rush
- turn sth in
- turn sth out
- uncreative
- unleash
- unproductive
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