tongue

/tʌŋ/ noun

Definition

MOUTH [C] › the soft thing inside your mouth that you move and use for tasting and speaking

FOOD [C, U] › the tongue of some animals that you can eat as meat

LANGUAGE [C] formal › a language: Japanese is her native tongue (= the language she learnt to speak as a child). → See also mother tongue → See also a slip of the tongue → See also be on the tip of your tongue

(Definition of tongue noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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