Mint /(mĭnt)/

Mint

n.
  1. The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha. (Bot.)

Phrases & Compounds
Mint camphor
See Menthol.
Mint julep
See Julep.
Mint sauce
a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.

Mint

n.
  1. A place where money is coined by public authority.
  2. Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
    A mint of phrases in his brain.
  3. A large quantity of money; as, to make a mint in stock trading.

Mint

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Minted; p. pr. & vb. n. Minting

  1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.
  2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
    Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily minted.

Phrases & Compounds
Minting mill
a coining press.

mint

a.
  1. Like new; in brand-new condition; unworn, as a coin recently made at a mint{1}; as, he had a '53 Cadillac in mint condition.
  2. Uncirculated; in the same condition as when it was freshly coined at the mint{1}. (Numismatics)