Used in a Sentence

menthol

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for menthol.

Editorial note

About 85% of African Americans who smoke use menthol cigarettes, compared to a rate of less than 30% menthol use among white Americans.

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Definitions2
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Quick take

A menthol cigarette.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of menthol gathered in one view.

noun

A menthol cigarette.

noun

(organic chemistry) A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for menthol.

noun

A menthol cigarette.

noun

(organic chemistry) A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.

Example sentences

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About 85% of African Americans who smoke use menthol cigarettes, compared to a rate of less than 30% menthol use among white Americans.

2

It becomes thin as skin when wet and hard as hard-plastic when dry plus it smelled like menthol.

3

Are you seriously making the argument that any flavor outside of tobacco and menthol is targeted at kids?

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For example, menthol and mint flavors don’t inhibit MAO, their activity is towards kappa-opioid agonism (induction of dysphoria).

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The menthol in mint plants apparently tricks your brain into thinking you are cooler than you are......

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Besides the occasional terpenoid (naturally occurring things smelling like menthol, cloves or cinnamon) nearly everything there was liquid death.

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Loosening a ban on menthol, not because it was harmful, but because it was causing addictions, was an overreach.

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Thermoception, the temperature of the food itself, but also fake temperature sensation produced by capsaicin and menthol.

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Exception to the rule is menthol flavoring.

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Vape unflavored or menthol, because the health effects of flavorings are still out there.

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The man favored his both knees the entire time he was working here, and had menthol/wet wraps around his hands that he kept renewing.

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I also find it perplexing that FDA is considering stricter regulation on menthol cigarettes in particular.

Proper noun examples

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Menthol is an example, with a hydrogen mass fraction of about 12%.

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Menthol makes the scalp tingle and convinces us it's working, but does nothing for the scalp itself.) Regardless, there's a lot of gaps and unexplained weirdness in how antidepressants work, so there's still a lot of work to be done.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use menthol in a sentence?

About 85% of African Americans who smoke use menthol cigarettes, compared to a rate of less than 30% menthol use among white Americans.

What does menthol mean?

A menthol cigarette.

What part of speech is menthol?

menthol is commonly used as noun.