Used in a Sentence

mints

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

Editorial note

Caffeine, in particular, can creep up on you pretty quickly - penguin mints are 1/2 gram per tin.

Examples10
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

noun

Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.

noun

The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mints.

noun

A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

noun

Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.

noun

The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

noun

A green color, like that of mint.

Example sentences

1

Caffeine, in particular, can creep up on you pretty quickly - penguin mints are 1/2 gram per tin.

2

It takes about 3 penguin mints to equal one cola beverage.

3

Dogecoin statically mints 5.25 billion coins a year, so eventually your monetary base becomes large enough that you are losing as many coins as you are minting.

4

Ecuador mints coins (1, 5, 10, 25, 50ยข) which are the same shape as US ones, and interchangeable in Ecuador.

5

My first year in college I had a french press (a kind of coffee maker) and a tin of breath mints that had caffeine in them.

6

One night, trying to finish a project, I drank an entire quart of strongly brewed coffee (~500mg)and ate the caffeinated breath mints like popcorn (30mg each)[0].

7

High consumption of sugar alcohols causes GI upset in a lot of people, which is why you usually only see them used in small quantities (gum, mints, or non-edibles like toothpaste and mouthwash).

8

I think I know what youre speaking of, my recollection growing up in the 90s was that the bill at a restaurant would always arrive on a tray, and then any change, mints, customer receipt, change would be returned on the same tray after payment was made.

Quote examples

1

Here's what Uber recommends:" Offer passengers bottled water, chewing gum, snacks, mints and phone chargers.

2

It's even worse than double-negatives or saying that something is "so wizard" or the recent Icebreakers commercial about mints that are "fruit on one side, cool on the other".

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use mints in a sentence?

Caffeine, in particular, can creep up on you pretty quickly - penguin mints are 1/2 gram per tin.

What does mints mean?

A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

What part of speech is mints?

mints is commonly used as noun.