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# tang

«tang» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong, sharp taste or smell, like lemon or the sea air** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tang, tangs; uncountable for the taste); adjective (tangy); also Tang (a name, Chinese dynasty)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tang is a strong, sharp taste or smell, like lemon or the sea air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#m1)

2) A tang is a hint or trace of something: «a tang of autumn in the air». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#m2)

3) Tang was a great Chinese dynasty, the Tang dynasty, famous for poetry, art and trade (a name). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#m3)

4) A tang is the part of a knife blade that fits into the handle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#m4)

5) (Mandarin, pinyin) «táng» means sugar or sweets, and «tāng» means soup; these are not English words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking and describing food, «tang» and «tangy» praise a sharp, fresh taste: lemon, lime, cheese, yoghurt. In stories, «the salty tang of the sea» helps you smell the setting. In history, the Tang dynasty in China was a golden age of the Silk Road. Phrases: «a salty tang», «a citrus tang», «tangy cheese», «the Tang dynasty».

### examples

- The lemonade had a nice sharp tang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#x1)
- We smelled the salty tang of the sea as we got out of the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#x2)
- This cheese is tangy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#x3)
- There was a tang of smoke in the cold air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#x4)
- Poets wrote famous poems during the Tang dynasty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#x5)
- The tang of the knife goes into the wooden handle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#x6)
- In Mandarin, «tang» with a rising tone means sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#x7)
- A wind carried me the tang of wolf, and against that smell I stared and stamped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/#x8)

### note

Countable («a tang») or uncountable. Adjective «tangy» is more common in everyday talk. Capital T for the dynasty. Do not confuse with «tank» or «tangle».

### In the corpora

- [The blue tang has a sharp spine near its tail that it uses like a scalpel for defence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank/7/)
- [A blue tang has a sharp spine like a little knife near its tail that it can flick out to defend itself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef/5/)
- [Golden ages end too: the An Lushan rebellion of 755 shook the Tang so hard that it never fully recovered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tang» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tang/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.