menthol

Plural: menthols

Noun

• A crystalline alcohol from mint oil, used as a cooling agent.
• 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
• 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.
• A menthol cigarette.

Examples

• Playing MENTHOL cleared the board, much like a cough drop clears a throat.