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Tang

noun
/tæŋ/
Word Frequency: 2.5

Definitions

1.nounA refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
2.nounA strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
"Wine or cider has a tang of the cask."
3.nounA sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
4.nounA projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
5.nounThe part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
6.nounThe projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
7.nounThe part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
8.nounA group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus.
9.noun(games) A shuffleboard paddle.
10.nounTongue
11.noun(by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.

Synonyms

bitepiquancyspicinesssurgeonfishpiquancetanginessflavorsavourflavoursapiditysavorrelish

Antonyms

blandnessdullness

Rhymes With

bangstrongthronglongmongharanguepangheadstrong
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