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tartness

[ UK /tˈɑːtnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈtɑɹtnəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a rough and bitter manner
  2. a sharp sour taste
  3. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

How To Use tartness In A Sentence

  • Any tartness and capers seemed to have abandoned this dish for a more elegant life, leaving a creamy, flavourless gloop on the plate.
  • The zesty lime is bright and not too sweet, and its tartness is cut nicely by the rich flavor of the crust. Lime Meringue Tart | Baking Bites
  • I was really expecting for something truly new from Kenzo Amour, and instead I got quotes from different perfumes: The base is powdery musk and vanilla, as in Flower, or the signature dry down of the Ormonde Jayne line The tartness of Amour reminds me of the pink pepper and dates notes in Ta’if, and the steam rice recalls the basmati rice in Champaca. Archive 2006-09-01
  • Richness - oiliness and fattiness - is interesting because it's not technically one of the four tastes (sweet, salty, sour and bitter), but it has a balancing relationship with tartness, which is why we put pickles and ketchup on fatty burgers, eat pork with sauerkraut, and why it's always so surprising when someone points out that the main flavors in mayonnaise are oil and lemon. Politics
  • It is richer and fuller-bodied than the German wines, without the tartness which is strongly developed in nearly all the Rhenish varieties. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864
  • This is a style of wheat beer that I especially enjoy, with its teasing counterpoint of tartness and chocolate-malt sweetness.
  • So does a wonderful dessert of fried plantain puffs centered with a pudding-like custard that's slightly sweet against the banana tartness.
  • Whether leftover roasted duck or store-bought or homemade confit is used, the green salsa, with the slight tartness of tomatillos, is a perfect foil for the rich flavor of duck. Duck Tacos: Tacos de Pato
  • I drank and grimaced at the tartness, the tang of spice, but it helped settle my stomach.
  • It's very close to being really tasty, but that little bit of tartness that crosses over to sour keeps it in the category of summer sipper. Hudson Valley Wine
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