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tang
1[ tang ]
noun
- a strong taste or flavor.
Synonyms: savor
- the distinctive flavor or quality of a thing.
- a pungent or distinctive odor.
- a touch or suggestion of something; slight trace.
- a long and slender projecting strip, tongue, or prong forming part of an object, as a chisel, file, or knife, and serving as a means of attachment for another part, as a handle or stock.
- a surgeonfish.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a tang.
tang
2[ tang ]
T'ang
3or Tang
[ tahng ]
noun
- a dynasty in China, a.d. 618–907, marked by territorial expansion, the invention of printing, and the high development of poetry.
Tang
1/ tæŋ /
noun
- the imperial dynasty of China from 618–907 ad
tang
2/ tæŋ /
noun
- a strong taste or flavour
the tang of the sea
- a pungent or characteristic smell
the tang of peat fires
- a trace, touch, or hint of something
a tang of cloves in the apple pie
- the pointed end of a tool, such as a chisel, file, knife, etc, which is fitted into a handle, shaft, or stock
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tang1
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English tange “tongue of a snake, projection on a tool,” perhaps from Old Norse tangi “projection, headland, tang of a blade”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tang1
C14: from Old Norse tangi point; related to Danish tange point, spit
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