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tongue


tongue - noun

  • a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
  • a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
  • any long thin projection that is transient
  • a manner of speaking
  • a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
  • the tongue of certain animals used as meat
  • the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
  • metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

    • tongue - verb

    • articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
    • lick or explore with the tongue

    tongue - thesaurus

    clapper   glossa   knife   lingua   spit  


    View spelling list gue on the end of a word and learn about the word tongue in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 19. Soft g: ge, gi, gy.

    Other Spellzone word lists: Body, mouth

    Scrabble score for tongue

    t is 1 o is 1 n is 1 g is 2 u is 1 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 7

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