- mint
- 1 [uncountable]
a small plant with green leaves that have a fresh smell and taste and are used in cooking : new potatoes sprinkled with chopped mint
roast lamb with mint sauce
Decorate with a sprig of mint.
- 2 [countable]
a sweet that tastes of peppermint (=a type of mint with a strong fresh taste) : We sat in the back row, sucking mints.
Would you like a mint?
- 3
in mint condition
looking new and in perfect condition : A copy in mint condition would fetch about £2000.
- 4
a mint
informala large amount of money : She made a mint on the stock exchange last year.
- 5 [countable]
a place where coins are officially made : coins issued by the Royal Mint
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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