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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)

tongue

/tʌŋ/

noun1 of 2

part of the mouth that tastes food and is used for speaking

  • “The only language I speak fluently is my mother tongue.”Tatoeba
  • “You can use a tongue cleaner to clean your tongue.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)