mint (n.)

  1. (often followed by `of) a large number or amount or extent; a batch of letters; a deal of trouble; a lot of money; he made a mint on the stock market; see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos; it must have cost plenty; a slew of journalists; a wad of money

    [ Syn: batch , deal , flock , good deal , great deal , hatful , heap , lot , mass , mess , mickle , mountain , muckle , passel , peck , pile , plenty , pot , quite a little , raft , sight , slew , spate , stack , tidy sum , wad ]

  2. any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers

  3. any member of the mint family of plants

  4. the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied

  5. a candy that is flavored with a mint oil

    [ Syn: mint candy ]

  6. a plant where money is coined by authority of the government

    mint (adj.)

  1. as if new; in mint condition'

    mint (v.)

  1. form by stamping, punching, or printing; strike coins; strike a medal

    [ Syn: coin , strike ]

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