tang
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- noun
- UK
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tang
- a blue tang
Examples
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Victorian houses, bike paths, faint tang of sea salt on the breeze.
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The salad had a delightful tang from the fresh seaweed added to it.
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He enjoyed the tang of the seaweed used in the soup.
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Farmers often use tang as a natural fertilizer for their crops.
Synonyms
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A plant that grows in the sea, often in long green or brown sheets
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A rough brown seaweed that grows on rocks at low tide
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Seaweed and other water plants washed up on the shore
A common brown seaweed that grows on northern coasts and is used as fertilizer
A common brown seaweed with small air pockets that grows on rocky shores
A brown seaweed with small air bladders that people use as garden fertilizer
A dark seaweed that grows on rocks and is used as a fertilizer and in kelp products
A brown seaweed with jagged edges that grows on rocky seashores in the North Atlantic
A brown seaweed with saw-toothed edges that grows on rocky seashores
A rough seaweed that grows on seashores and is often large and leathery
A large brown seaweed that grows in cold water near the coast
Dead seaweed and other sea plants washed up on the shore
Compounds
A Chinese dynasty ruling from 618 to 907 that is famous for art, learning and trade
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tang comes from an old Scandinavian word meaning 'seaweed', and people on northern coasts used it as fertilizer and food. That's why tang still means the coarse brown seaweed you find on rocky shores.