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MINT/mɪnt/

Mint is a plant with a fresh taste, used in tea, sweets, and mint sauce with lamb. Often uncountable as the herb: some mint, fresh mint; countable: a mint (a small sweet). A lime is a fruit; mint is a leaf. Not minute (a short time) — extra u and e, different meaning.

Meaning

A plant with a fresh taste, used in tea, sweets, and sauce.

Examples

• “Add a little mint to the salad.”
• “Pick some mint from the garden.”
• “Would you like a mint after dinner?”

Good to know

herb: uncountable mint. a mint = one sweet. Contrast: lime (fruit). Mix-up: minute.

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