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tangless

tangless adjective: without a tang (projecting part of an object for securing it).

Adjective

tangless (not comparable)

  1. Without a tang (projecting part of an object for securing it).
    • Sandars identifies two varieties, tanged and tangless. The blades with tangs or short “necks,” where the handles are attached with two rivets, seem to be more common in LM III Crete.2011, Jeffrey S. Soles, Costis Davaras, Mochlos IIC: Period IV, page 49
  2. Without tang (other meanings)

Origin of tangless

From tang + -less.

Questions about tangless

What does tangless mean?
Tangless means without a tang (projecting part of an object for securing it).
What part of speech is tangless?
Tangless is an adjective.

Words near tangless in the dictionary

  1. tangler
  2. tangleroot
  3. tanglers
  4. tangles
  5. tanglesome
  6. tangless
  7. tangletalk
  8. Tanglewood
  9. tanglier
  10. tangliest
  11. tangling

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