tongue
nounUK /tʌŋ/
US /tʌŋ/
The soft part inside your mouth that you use to taste and talk.
She burned her tongue on the hot soup.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A language spoken by people.
English is her mother tongue.
3. The flap of material on a shoe under the laces.
He pulled the tongue of his sneaker to tie it.
4. A long, narrow piece of land sticking out into water.
The small tongue of land reached into the lake.
5. A strip of leather or cloth that hangs loosely.
The tongue of his belt flapped in the wind.