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A sharp astringent taste
Answer for the clue "A sharp astringent taste ", 11 letters:
astringence
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker [syn: astringency ]
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (alternative spelling of astringency English) n. (alternative spelling of astringency English)
Usage examples of astringence.
At Chester's suggestion, he washed them in the citric astringence of a fruit whose orange pulp was too bitter for him to eat.
It had a slight scent and astringence which suggested that it already contained some sort of cleansing agent.
Ribela felt it as a sharp astringence, but it did not apply to the astral vibration, which slipped through unscathed.
He was acting more unconsciously than not, but the astringence and tiny portion shocked him into awareness of what he'd just done.
The slightest astringence - pomegranate cells or a vinegar dressing - would bring with it an aftertaste of silver or even gold.