tang — OET · Shobdo

tang

noun

1 liven up your cooking with the tang of fresh lemons:

flavour, taste, savour;

sharpness, zest, zestiness, bite, edge, smack, piquancy, spice, spiciness, relish, tastiness;

informal zip, punch, ginger, kick, pep.

2 Caroline could smell the tang of the sea:

smell, odour, aroma, fragrance, perfume, redolence.

3 I wore a tang of aftershave:

trace, touch, hint, whiff, suggestion, dab, smack, smattering.

tang (1) Oxford Dictionary of English