minotcommon nounproper nounSyllable DecompositionminotEtymologyexpand(1690) from Breton min (beak, point).Definitions1. A buttress protruding at each shoulder of a ship on which the foresail is set.marineexpand2. An old grain measure of 18.5 liters, equivalent to half a mine.expand3. Child, kid (a half-man by analogy with the old grain measure, of which the minot represented half).popularexpandPluralminotsAnagramsmitontimonSee alsoMinot (pn.) mino (cn.)