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Astringency

Astringency Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Astringency? [n] the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids [n] a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker Synonyms \| Synonyms for Astringency: astringence \| stypsis Related Terms \| Find terms related to Astringency: abbreviation \| acerbity \| acidity \| acidulousness \| acridity \| acridness \| acrimony \| asperity \| astriction \| astringence \| austerity \| authoritarianism \| bite \| bitingness \| bitter pill \| bitterness \| bottleneck \| causticity \| cervix \| circumscription \| coarctation \| compactedness \| compaction \| compression \| compressure \| concentration \| condensation \| consolidation \| constriction \| constringency \| contraction \| contracture \| curtailment \| cuttingness \| decrease \| demandingness \| diminuendo \| discipline \| edge \| exactingness \| fierceness \| gall \| gall and wormwood \| grimness \| grip \| hardness \| harshness \| hourglass \| hourglass figure \| inclemency \| isthmus \| keenness \| knitting \| meticulousness \| mordacity \| mordancy \| narrow place \| narrowing \| neck \| piquancy \| poignancy \| point \| puckering \| pungency \| pursing \| reduction \| regimentation \| rigid discipline \| rigor \| roughness \| ruggedness \| severity \| sharpness \| shortening \| solidification \| sourness \| Spartanism \| sternness \| sting \| stranglement \| strangulation \| striction \| strictness \| stricture \| stridency \| stringency \| systole \| tartness \| teeth \| toughness \| trenchancy \| ungentleness \| vehemence \| violence \| virulence \| wasp waist \| wrinkling See Also \| contractility \| gustatory perception \| gustatory sensation \| taste \| taste perception \| taste sensation Astringency In Webster's Dictionary \Astrin"gency\ ([a^]str[i^]n"jens[y^]), n. The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.

Astringency Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Astringency?

[n] the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
[n] a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker

Synonyms | Synonyms for Astringency: astringence | stypsis

Astringency In Webster's Dictionary

\As*trin"gen*cy\ ([a^]s*tr[i^]n"jen*s[y^]), n.
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the
parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other
substances which causes contraction of the organic textures;
as, the astringency of tannin.

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