tang
pronunciation
How to pronounce tang in British English:
UK [tæŋ]
How to pronounce tang in American English:
US [tæŋ]
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- Noun:
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a tart spiciness
- common black rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
- brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
- any of various coarse seaweeds
- any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
Word Origin
- tang (n.)
- mid-14c., "serpent's tongue" (thought to be a stinging organ), later "sharp extension of a metal blade" (1680s), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tangi "spit of land; pointed end by which a blade is driven into a handle," from Proto-Germanic *tang-, from PIE *denk- "to bite" (see tongs). Influenced in some senses by tongue (n.). Figurative sense of "a sharp taste" is first recorded mid-15c.; that of "suggestion, trace" is from 1590s. The fish (1734) so called for their spines.
Example
- 1. Ms. tang declined to be interviewed for this article .
- 2. He was overthrown by tang , the leader of the shang people from the east .
- 3. In the exhibition proper , seven sections each represent separate geographical areas that would eventually come to form part of the tang empire .
- 4. No one says , " we need to calm corporate unrest -- be sure to tell the shareholders how much tang our new ceo is getting . "
- 5. Historians say mao 's close advisers , including ms. tang , struggled with mr. zhou and his associates .