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tart

3 2.2

Having a sharp, sour taste like a lemon

adjective
/tɑrt/

: ácido

The green apples were tart, making them perfect for baking a pie.
sweet and tart
too tart
tart flavor

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Examples

Today, Ihop's menu features strawberries and cream crepes and sweet, tart Swedish crepes.
This new, unfamiliar apple, mildly tart and aromatic, had a fine firm texture, creamy white flesh, and an exquisitely subtle sweet taste.

Fiction book (1999)
- Not too tart, not too sweet.

The Lookout (2007)
"And it was tart yet sweet.

Fiction book (1994)
It's sour, it's tart, it's sweet.

MIgardener
Braeburn is a variety of apple that is simultaneously sweet and tart.

Blog text (20)
Well smoked and delicious, flatbread and rye bread, and apples both sweet and tart.

Fiction book (1994)
I make it the way it's supposed to be—agreeably tart to go with the turkey or ham.

Blog text (28)
But one youthful apple tree bore delicious, tart fruit freely, and we had a hard time keeping up with it in the fall when everything else was calling out for harvest and preservation.

Academic text (1994)
The color was redder than it should be, but tastewise, it was just as tart as I’d remembered it would be.

Blog text (17)

Synonyms

sour

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61 1.0

Having a sharp taste like lemon or vinegar

is the general sharp taste associated with unripe fruit

tangy

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15 3.6

A strong, pleasantly sour taste like lemon

is similar but may be less overtly pleasant or lively

lemony

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4 2.5

Having the fresh sour taste or smell of a lemon

is a broader sourness, sometimes from unripe fruit rather than lemon

acidic

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4 3.5

Tasting sharp and sour like lemon or vinegar

is similar but can include fruity rather than pure acid quality

astringent

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Specialized

1 7.8

A sharp sour or bitter taste that makes your mouth pucker

is mainly about sour flavour rather than the mouth sensation

vinegary

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1 5.9

Having a sharp, sour taste or smell

is sour like citrus or unripe fruit rather than fermented acid

sour-tasting

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1.0

Tasting sharp and like lemon or vinegar

is broader, also evoking unripe fruit rather than only acidity

acid-tasting

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3.9

Having a sharp, sour taste like lemon or vinegar

is less technical and can feel fruit-based rather than chemical

acidulous

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9.6

Slightly sour in taste or tone

is sharper and more clearly sour or lemonlike

acidulent

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9.9

A little sour in taste like a lemon

is a clearer, more noticeably sharp sour taste

sourish

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3.4

Has a slightly sharp taste like lemon

is more distinctly sharp or clearly sour in flavour

lemonlike

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2.9

Having the sour, fresh taste, smell, or look of a lemon

is sour in general, not tied only to citrus scent or taste

acerbic

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7.9

A sharp sour taste like lemon or grapefruit

is focused on sourness and fruitlike sharpness rather than bitterness

sharp-tasting

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3.9

A strong, slightly sour taste like in aged cheese or salad dressing

is specifically sour like citrus or unripe fruit rather than just sharp

sharpish

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6.0

A little strong in taste or smell, like lemon

is a clearer sourness rather than a mild sharp quality

Antonyms

sweet

611 1.0

Having a taste like sugar, as in candy

Compounds

pop tart

20 2.7

A thin sweet pastry with a fruit or chocolate filling that you heat in a toaster

apple tart

3 1.0

A baked sweet pastry like a pie with sliced apples and sugar

fruit tart

1 1.8

A pastry with cream or custard topped with fresh fruit

lobster tart

6.7

A pastry shell filled with cooked lobster often served as a starter

How Sour

acidic

4 3.5

tart

3 2.2

tangy

15 3.6

Surface Forms

tart positive

Etymology

Tart meaning 'sharp' or 'sour' is easy to remember if you think of a lemon tart with a bright, sour taste. So tart came to mean a 'sharp' flavour like lemon.