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mint
What does mint mean?
mint (noun): a building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government license.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce mint?
/mɪnt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does mint come from?
From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “mint” mean?
one of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided
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the feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something
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a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
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a building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government license
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