tang

Meaning

1. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
3. 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.
5. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
6. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
7. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
8. Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
9. A shuffleboard paddle.
10. (obsolete) Obsolete form of tongue.
11. Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.

flavor

sea tangle

black rockweed

bladder fucus

sea tang

Fucus serratus

Fucus vesiculosus

serrated wrack

horned pondweed

sense of taste

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʰæŋ/

From Middle English tange, variant of tonge (“tongs, fang”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool”), perhaps related to Old Norse tunga (“tongue”). But see also Middle Dutch tanger (“sharp, tart, pinching”).