tangs

Noun

tang (plural tangs)

1. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
   • a tang of citrus

   Synonyms:

   bite, piquancy, spiciness, twang, zing

   Antonyms:

   blandness, dullness

2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
   • a tang of cellar

   Synonyms:

   twang

3. (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
   • a tang of pedantry
4. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
   • (archaic)

   Synonyms:

   fang

   1. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.
      • full-tang
   2. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
      • I spent the evening collecting the abandoned nests of birds from a rock face a half league distant, and that night I struck fire from the tang of Terminus Est and boiled the coarse meal (which took a long time to cook, because of the altitude) and ate it.1982, Gene Wolfe, chapter 27, in The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun; 3), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 200

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