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English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æ�|-æ�

Noun
en-noun

1. rare A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).
2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
3. figurative A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
4. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
5. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
6. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
7. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
8. The tongue of a buckle.
9. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
10. A group of saltwater fish from the Zebrasoma genre, also known as the surgeon fish, see w:Tang (fish)|Wikipedia

Derived terms
taste
tangy
fish
clown tang
purple tang
Red Sea sailfin tang
sohal tang
spotted unicorn tang
yellow tang

Translations
trans-top|handle-related
Korean: �베 (seumbe)
trans-mid
trans-bottom

; to be checked
Spanish: sabor fuerte; acidez f, sabor ácido; olor penetrante

Category:Fish

Dutch

Noun
nl-noun||tangetje

1. tongs
2. (especially the diminutive) pincers, tweezers
3. (figuratively, notably in in de tang) surrounding position
4. (metaphore) shrew, bitch

Derived terms
krultang
nijptang

Estonian

Noun
tang

1. groat

Category:Estonian nouns

Kurdish

Noun
tang

1. side

Category:Kurdish language

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
tang

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, t�ng, táng, t�ng, or tàng.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Thai

Noun
tang-(mo)

1. watermelon

Tok Pisin

Etymology
From English tongue.

Noun
tang

1. tongue

Category:Tok Pisin nouns
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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology
From English tongue.

Noun
tang

1. tongue

Category:Torres Strait Creole nouns
Category:tcs:Anatomy

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