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UK
/mˈɛnθɒl/
]
[ US /ˈmɛnθɔɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈmɛnθɔɫ/ ]
NOUN
- a crystalline compound that has the cool and minty taste and odor that occurs naturally in peppermint oil; used as a flavoring and in medicine to relieve itching, pain, and nasal congestion
- a lotion containing menthol which gives it the smell of mint
How To Use menthol In A Sentence
- If you lip balm contains phenol, camphor, menthol, peppermint oil or eucalyptus, it's most likely making your lips more chapped than not.
- The menthol and camphor in some arthritis rubs seem to help stop itching from bites
- After about one hour, he got bored with the task at hand, lit a menthol cigarette, and headed out to the balcony to watch the rain and all the rush hour traffic, as it fought its way through the bad weather and around the giant tree in the road.
- The most common ingredients prescribed were iodides, organic nitrites, stramonium, belladonna, atropine, hyoscyamus, tobacco smoke, and menthol.
- Get quick relief thanks to this product's active ingredients of camphor, menthol, and cajuput.
- The powerful menthol fumes from the Vicks hardly masked the sickening reek of death in the old warehouse, that seemed to permeate every olfactory nerve in my body. A DAY AT THE FUR AUCTION • by Stephen Taylor
- The unreduced palate has sweet malt biscuits, strawberries and black pepper and a touch of menthol, with a warming chocolaty finish.
- Now it has mentholated brands in its sights. Times, Sunday Times
- mentholated cough syrup
- Substances such as menthol, wintergreen oil, eucalyptus oil, or turpentine cause cool or hot sensations that can temporarily relieve or cover up pain.
