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Definition of 'Tang'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tang
a strong taste or flavor.

2.  tang
a pungent or distinctive odor.

3.  tang
the distinctive character of a thing.

4.  tang
a suggestion of something; trace; hint.

5.  tang
a slender projection from an object, as a chisel or knife, serving as attachment for a handle, stock, etc.

6. (n.) tang
a sharp ringing or twanging sound; clang.

7. (v.i.) tang
to ring or twang; clang.

Etymology: (1550–60; imit.)

Definition of 'Tang'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest
a tart spicy quality

2. (noun) Tang, Tang dynasty
the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907

3. (noun) relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang
the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

4. (noun) bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus
a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure

5. (noun) serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, tang
brown algae seaweed with serrated edges

6. (noun) tang, sea tang
any of various coarse seaweeds

7. (noun) sea tangle, tang
any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria

Definition of 'Tang'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Tang
a coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus)

2. (noun) Tang
a strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask

3. (noun) Tang
fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang

4. (noun) Tang
a projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position

5. (noun) Tang
the part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle

6. (noun) Tang
the projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock

7. (noun) Tang
the part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened

8. (noun) Tang
the tongue of a buckle

9. (noun) Tang
a sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang

10. (verb) Tang
to cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring

11. (verb) Tang
to make a ringing sound; to ring

Translation of 'Tang'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a strong or sharp taste, flavour or smell The air had a salty tang.
Afrikaans: skerp	Arabic: نَكْهَةٌ حادَّه	Bulgarian: остър/силен вкус/миризма
Brazilian: sabor	Czech: ostrá příchuť/pach	German: scharfer Geruch/Geschmack
Danish: gennemtrængende lugt	Greek: έντονη μυρωδιά ή γεύση	Spanish: sabor/olor fuerte
Estonian: vänge lõhn, terav maitse	Farsi: طعم تند	Finnish: vahva tuoksu
French: saveur/senteur forte (et	Hebrew: טַעַם/רֵיח חָרִיף	Hindi: तीखा स्वाद
Croatian: oštar okus ili miris	Hungarian: erős v. csípős íz, szag	Indonesian: bau keras, rasa tajam
Icelandic: sterkt bragð/keimur	Italian: odore; sapore	Japanese: ぴりっとする味
Korean: (겨자 등의) 톡 쏘는 맛	Lithuanian: kvapas, skonis	Latvian: asa smarža
Malay: bau yg menusuk hidung	Dutch: scherpe smaak	Norwegian: sterk smak/lukt
Polish: posmak, zapach	Portuguese: sabor	Romanian: miros/gustînţepător
Russian: терпкий привкус, запах	Slovak: ostrá príchuť / pach	Slovenian: oster okus, vonj
Serbian: oštar miris ili ukus	Swedish: skarp smak (lukt)	Thai: รสจัด
Turkish: acı tat/koku	Taiwanese: 強烈的味道	Ukrainian: різкий присмак чи запах
Urdu: ذائقہ، مزہ	Vietnamese: mùi đậm	Chinese: 强烈的味道
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