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How to use tannin in a sentence

23 example sentences · noun

Tannin means tannic acid or any of its derivatives. Example: “Tannins are related to lignosity, and thus are found mainly in woody plants.”

More sentences with tannin

  • Tannins are related to lignosity, and thus are found mainly in woody plants.From the entry lignosity
  • It's a good source of polyphenols, such as flavonoids, tannins and saponin.2020, Beth Marshall, Grow Yourself Healthy, London: Frances Lincoln, →ISBN, page 131. From the entry Aztec broccoli
  • The valley floor is so level the slow-flowing current is often tinted brown with accumulated tannins.2014 September 24, George Ellison, “Nature Journal: Directions to an autumn paradise in WNC”, in The Asheville Citizen-Times, retrieved 01…. From the entry wildflowering
  • The wine seemed too tannic at the beginning, but now the tannins are more enrobed.2001, International Wine Cellar - Issues 94-105, page 5. From the entry enrobed
  • Moreover, calcium is concentrated in cytosomes, specific membrane-coated vesicles, which are also known as 'tannin vesicles'.1994, R. E. Kendrick, G. H. M. Kronenberg, Photomorphogenesis in Plants, page 725. From the entry cytosome
  • A plump wine, with an abundance of plum and berry characteristics and soft, round tannins.1992, The Wine Spectator, volume 17, page 33. From the entry plump
  • Unprotected by tannins and pigments, white wines are more susceptible to maderization than red wines.1988, Ted Meredith, Northwest wine companion, page 111. From the entry maderization
  • A considerable number of wild plants rich in tannin grow in various regions of Brazil.1976, Brazil: Resources and Possibilities. From the entry barbatimao
  • You get lovely drinks with a balance of sweetness and acidity, and nice tannins from the apple skins.2014 October 12, Holly Williams, quoting Pete Brown, “Real cider: The new generation of British producers”, in The Independent. From the entry gluggable
  • Tannins give red wine a chompy, dry bitterness—think oversteeped tea—that can be off-putting when a wine is young.2012, Stanley Tucci, Joan Tucci, Gianni Scappin, The Tucci Cookbook, page 31. From the entry chompy
  • Tara, a gallotannin, is often quoted as being the most lightfast vegetable tannin and makes very pale coloured leather.2009, Anthony Covington, Tony Covington, Tanning Chemistry: The Science of Leather, page 286. From the entry lightfast
  • The San Francisco Bay Ohlones shared the same technique of tannin leaching as employed by all the other balanophagous Californians.2008, Philip J. Dreyfus, Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San Francisco, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry balanephagous
  • Morgon is full-bodied and high in alcohol content (sometimes surpassing 14%), and has a little more tannin than the typical Beaujolais.2001, John Fisher, The Evaluation of Wine, page 198. From the entry Morgon
  • Chlorine-containing powders can cause deterioration of plastic kitchenware, but without chlorine the tannin stains from tea are not removed.1998, Ben Selinger, Chemistry in the Marketplace, 5th edition, Harcourt Brace & Company, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry aluminiumware
  • The unusually bitter taste of aqueous juniperin solutions is not in accord with a mixture of only sugars and tannin.1940, Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, volume 29. From the entry juniperin
  • By the action of tannase on the tannin, a product ("quercous acid") is formed which can be reduced to ellagic acid.1927, Bureau of Abstracts, British Abstracts: Series B, Part 2. From the entry quercous
  • Methanolics and aqueous leaf extracts revealed the presences of alkaloids, tannins, phenols and flavonoid in high amount in most of the plants.2015, TB Saidu, M Galadima, ME Abalaka, AA Jigam, “Antibacterial activity of eight medicinal plants against Diarrhoea pathogens”, in…. From the entry methanolic
  • It contains phenols, tannin and anacardic.2013, Ojo Joseph Bamidele, Natural Therapy Miracle, →ISBN, page 147. From the entry anacardic
  • The addition of tannin to defecated and undefecated juice before pasteurization hastened the rate of clearing slightly, but not enough to warrant its use.1914, Economic Entomology: Pamphlets, volume 91, page 54. From the entry undefecated
  • With the exception of spruce bark, which cannot be considered to be a typical tannin, all the tannins give degrees of tannage in the neighbourhood of 50.1954, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, volume 102, page 850. From the entry tannage
  • Samples containing added gelatin and tannin were somewhat darker than with equal amounts of gelatin alone, and remained unclouded for as much as 30 to 45 days longer.1934, American Vinegar Industry and Fruit Products Journal, page 22. From the entry unclouded
  • The chemical nature of the nontan, the amount present, the amount of tannin present, and the pH of the solution are four factors that may markedly influence the reaction.1925, I & EC (volume 17, part 1, page 43). From the entry nontan
  • Tannin is contained in many plants and parts of plants; it often occurs in the cells of growing parts, and is then apparently useful in the metabolism.1904, J[ohn] C[hristopher] Willis, A Manual and Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns (Cambridge Biological Series), 2nd edition…. From the entry excretum

Meaning of tannin

  1. noun Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
  2. noun An evil sea monster in Canaanite and Hebrew mythology.

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Questions about tannin in a sentence

How do you use tannin in a sentence?
Tannin is used as a noun. For example: “Tannins are related to lignosity, and thus are found mainly in woody plants.”
What is a short sentence with tannin?
“It contains phenols, tannin and anacardic.”
What does tannin mean?
Tannin means tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

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