tang
/tæŋ/
A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus.
(games) A shuffleboard paddle.
Tongue
(by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.