Definition of "mint"

mint¹

/mɪnt/

noun
plural mints
1. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
2. (informal) A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.
3. (figuratively) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
  Quotations
  A mint of phrases in his brain.
  c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene i]
verb
third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted
1. (transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
  Quotations
  For some time past the legal currency in the various Provinces has been insufficient for use. Formerly the two Provinces of Fuchien and Kuangtung minted some large, round copper coins of excellent workmanship that were said, by the people after they were put into circulation, to be convenient.
  1914, Wen Pin Wei, chapter IV, in The Currency Problem in China‎, Columbia University Press, page 111
2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
  Quotations
  Titles […] as may appeare to be easily minted
  a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a VVarre vvith Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany VVorks of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, page 24
  China’s newly minted national parks don’t just safeguard famous keystone species such as Siberian tigers, giant pandas and Hainan gibbons. They are also designed to preserve the shrinking ecosystems that support such iconic wildlife, ranging from sweltering (tropical jungles in the southern province of Hainan to the chilly maple forests of northern Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces bordering Siberia.
  2022 November 17, Paul Salopek, “A ‘Slow Storytelling’ Writing and Photography Workshop Boosts Conservation in China”, in National Geographic‎
3. (transitive, cryptocurrencies) To create a crypto token.
  Quotations
  Beeple’s collaged JPG was made, or “minted,” in February as a “nonfungible token,” or NFT.
  2021 March 11, Scott Reyburn, “JPG File Sells for $69 Million, as ‘NFT Mania’ Gathers Pace”, in The New York Times‎
adjective
not comparable
1. (with condition) Like new.
  Quotations
  Trading card sales have taken off, too. The price of mint condition cards on StockX jumped to an average $775 in January from $280 a year ago.
  2021 March 13, Erin Griffith, “From Crypto Art to Trading Cards, Investment Manias Abound”, in The New York Times‎
2. (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
3. (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
4. (Northern England, especially Manchester, Tyneside, slang) Very good.
  Quotations
  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, Holly Hagan, Not Quite a Geordie
5. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Attractive; beautiful; handsome.

mint²

/mɪnt/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural mints
1. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
2. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
3. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
4. A green colour, like that of mint.
5. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
adjective
not comparable
1. Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.

mint³

/mɪnt/

verb
third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted
1. (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
2. (transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
3. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.
noun
plural mints
1. (provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.

Definition of "mint"

mint1

noun

Quotations

verb

Quotations

Quotations

Quotations

adjective

Quotations

Quotations

mint2

noun

adjective

mint3

verb

noun

mint¹

mint²

mint³