Sekirov Dictionary

mint

/mɪnt/

adjective 6
noun 8
verb 6
forms 3
phrases 1

adjective6

In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
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Ellipsis of mint condition: like new.
- Most of my collection is near mint, but these ones here are mint.
Of a green color, like that of the mint plant.
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(Northern-England, slang) Very good, excellent.
- And my God, what a house it was – it was mint! In all my life I had never set foot in such a beautiful place. — 2014
(UK, slang) Attractive; beautiful; handsome.

noun8

Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
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(figurative) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
- A mint of phrases in his brain. — 1595
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(informal) A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.
- That house is worth a mint.
- It must have cost a mint to produce!
A green color, like that of mint.
(Scotland, Northern-England) An intent, a purpose; an attempt, a try; an effort, an endeavor.

verb6

To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
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To create a crypto token.
- Beeple’s collaged JPG was made, or “minted,” in February as a “nonfungible token,” or NFT. — 2021
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To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
- Titles […] as may appeare to be easily minted — 1627
(Scotland, Northern-England) To try, attempt; take aim.
(Scotland, Northern-England) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
(Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.

forms

minted · minting · mints

Phrases with mint

mint condition
The condition of newness or perfection, as if just freshly minted.

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