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

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