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mint
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Botanik: Minze
3. [2] Finanz: Münze (die Institution)
[1] Why is it that we have mint with lamb?
Warum servieren wir Minze zusammen mit Lamm?
[2] The Royal Mint Museum has one of the finest collections of coins.
Das Museum der Königlichen Münze hat eine der schönsten Münzensammlungen.
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mint
1. subst. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
2. subst. (informal) A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
That house is worth a mint
It must have cost a mint to produce!
3. subst. (figurative) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
4. v. To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
5. v. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
6. adj. (of condition) as new.
in mint condition.
7. adj. (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
8. adj. (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
9. adj. (slang) Very good.
10. subst. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
11. subst. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
12. subst. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
13. subst. A green colour, like that of mint.
(color panel, 98FF98)
14. subst. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
15. adj. Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.
16. v. (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
17. v. (transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
18. v. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.
19. subst. (provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.
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Minze
1. n-f. mint (genus Mentha)

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Picture in your mind what the mint was like back then.  You're not responsible if some nut case goes off his rocker and tries to burn down the mint.  I figure, if we can find a lot of gold-plated stuff, we can scrap it all off and collect a mint.  In another small pan, melt some butter and sautmint  Leaf and stem scents fall into groups that include turpentine, mint, sulphur or aromatic.

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