メントール — meaning in English

English meaning

• menthol noun A cooling, minty-smelling compound found in peppermint oil, used in medicines, chest rubs, and flavoured cigarettes.
• mentor noun An experienced, trusted advisor who guides someone less experienced.

Senses

メントール is used for these senses in English:

• Mentor (Greek mythology) Odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's son Telemachus while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.
• menthol (organic compound) 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.

mentor — full definition

1. noun An experienced, trusted advisor who guides someone less experienced.
2. verb To act as a mentor to someone; to guide and advise them.

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