tang

About 2.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.

   a tang of citrus

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

   a tang of cellar

3. noun A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.

   a tang of pedantry

4. noun A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.

   slip the cable over the tang

5. noun The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.

   full-tang

6. noun The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
7. noun The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
8. noun A shuffleboard paddle.

Similar words

piquancy piquance tanginess flavor savour flavour sapidity savor relish nip

Often followed by

dynasty of and et to period in was is

Word family

T'ang T'angs Tang Tangs tanged tanging tangs