tang
noun
1. a tart spicy quality
Similar word(s): nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tanginess, zest
Definition categories: attribute, spice, spicery, spiciness
2. the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
Definition categories: group, dynasty
3. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
Similar word(s): flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack
Definition categories: thought, taste
4. a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
Similar word(s): bladderwrack
Definition categories: animal, rockweed
5. brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
Definition categories: animal
6. any of various coarse seaweeds
Definition categories: animal, seaweed
7. any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
Definition categories: animal, kelp
Sentences with tang as a noun:
- Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
verb
1. (dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
2. To make a ringing sound; to ring.
- Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. — Shakespeare.