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Zunge — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • reed noun A tall, slender grass-like plant that grows in wet ground or shallow water.
  • tongue noun The flexible muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, moving food, and forming speech sounds.

Senses

Zunge is used for these senses in English:

  • lingual (anatomy, dentistry, relational) Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
  • tongue (countable, uncountable) Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).
  • tongue In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).

reed — full definition

  1. noun A tall, slender grass-like plant that grows in wet ground or shallow water.
  2. noun A thin strip of cane or metal in certain musical instruments that vibrates to produce sound.

tongue — full definition

  1. noun The flexible muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, moving food, and forming speech sounds.
  2. noun A language.
  3. noun A narrow strip of material or land, such as the flap in a shoe or a strip of land jutting into water.

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