Definitions for menthol

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menthol men·thol

Spelling: [men-thawl, -thol]

IPA: /ˈmɛn θɔl, -θɒl/

Menthol is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in menthol (ehlmnot).

Definitions for menthol

noun

1. Also called hexahydrothymol, peppermint camphor. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble alcohol, C 10 H 20 O, obtained from peppermint oil or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, confections, cigarettes, and liqueurs and in medicine for colds and nasal disorders for its cooling effect on mucous membranes.
2. a mentholated cigarette.

adjective

1. containing menthol; mentholated.

Origin of menthol

1875-80; New Latin Menth(a) (see mint¹) + -ol¹

Examples for menthol

Rubbing the forehead with a menthol pencil will afford some relief.

She swallowed two of the magic wafers with the aid of water from the cooler, and applied the menthol.

With a view to narcotizing them while in this condition, menthol was applied to the water but did not seem to have much effect.

They have the odor of thymol or menthol and an acid taste and reaction.

She raised her hand and rubbed my lips with something she held, something that was cold like menthol, and bitter as gall.

Peppermint, once a sovereign cure for heartburn and "nuralogy," serves us decked with the title of menthol.

Now that the quarry was in sight she was more and more nervous, sneezing at short intervals in spite of her menthol inhaler.

Still applying the menthol she held the receiver to her ear.

We treat the local condition in the nose with a menthol mixture.

He would have the Eezo wafers in one pocket and a menthol pencil in the other.