/ mɪnt; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
1.
[ U ] a plant with dark green leaves that have a fresh smell and taste and are added to food and drinks to give flavour, and used in cooking as a herb and to decorate food :
mint-flavoured toothpaste
I decorated the fruit salad with a sprig of mint.
roast lamb with mint sauce
2.
[ C ] a sweet / candy flavoured with a type of mint called peppermint :
after-dinner mints
3.
[ C ] a place where money is made :
the Royal Mint (= the one where British coins and notes are made)
4.
a mint [ sing. ] ( informal ) a large amount of money :
to make / cost a mint
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IDIOMS
- in mint condition
■ verb
[ vn ] to make a coin from metal
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WORD ORIGIN
noun senses 1 to 2 Old English minte , of West Germanic origin; related to German Minze , ultimately via Latin from Greek minthē .
noun senses 3 to 4 and verb Old English mynet coin , of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch munt and German Münze , from Latin moneta money.