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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
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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)