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tang¹ Definition

tang (taŋ)

noun

  1. a projecting point or prong on a chisel, file, knife, etc., that fits into a handle, shaft, etc.
  2. a strong and penetrating taste or odor
  3. a touch or trace (of some quality)
  4. a special or characteristic flavor, quality, etc.
  5. surgeonfish

Etymology: ME tange < ON tangi, a sting, point, dagger, nasalized form of base seen in tack

transitive verb

to provide (a knife, etc.) with a tang

tang² Definition

tang (taŋ)

noun

a loud, ringing sound; twang

Etymology: echoic

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to sound with a loud ringing

Tang Definition

Tang (täŋ)

noun

618-906 ; Chin. dynasty under which literature & art flourished & printing was developed

tang Synonyms

tang

n.

tang Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • sea: The flavors were fresh with the tang of the sea.
  • blade: Knife handles were commonly made of two flat plates of bone riveted onto the metal tang of the blade.
  • salt: It smelled strong of the fog, like the smell of a washing-house, but with a shrewd tang of the sea salt.

Converse of object

  • add: Dry Montilla is like a dry Sherry and adds a salty tang to the finish.
  • have: One conifer tastes of fruit cake another has the fresh citrus tang of oranges.
  • smell: I took down A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, and smelled the tang of dust.

Adjective modifier

  • regal: Marlin sets off to look for Nemo, joined by Dory, a regal blue tang with a short memory span.
  • salty: These give the milk, hence the cheese, a slightly salty tang, which is still a characteristic of Cheshire cheese today.
  • citrus: One conifer tastes of fruit cake another has the fresh citrus tang of oranges.
  • yellow: Picture 8 Even marine reptiles need a clean, such as this green turtle being cleaned by Hawaiian yellow tangs.
  • sharp: A sharp, resinous tang of burning was in the air.
  • blue: Marlin sets off to look for Nemo, joined by Dory, a regal blue tang with a short memory span.

Modifies a noun

  • dynasty: My money back the tang dynasty where darkness covers some of the.
  • construction: It retains the full tang construction of the rest of the knives with a longer handle that is made to suit larger hands.
  • museum: Two young crew the inland rivers tang dynasty museum medical care laundry.
  • approx: Purple Tang 5-6 " I have for sale 1 purple tang approx 5-6 " .. .
  • screw: Do not swing on the screw driver, the tang screw should be merely " nipped up " to position.
  • sight: However, adjustment may be achieved either by lateral displacement of the front sight or by shimming the base of the tang sight.

Noun used with modifier

  • triggerfish: Squid triggerfish tangs passed us on great coral reefs.
  • squid: Squid triggerfish tangs passed us on great coral reefs.
tang Quotes

Mr. Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart; liver slices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencod's roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.

—Joyce,James Augustine Aloysius

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