TANNIN Synonyms

• tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

• a noise resembling the bark of a dog

• a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

• the sound made by a dog

• speak in an unfriendly tone

• cover with bark

• remove the bark of a tree

• make barking sounds

• tan (a skin) with bark tannins

• English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

• extremely and sharply

• marked by strong resentment or cynicism

• very difficult to accept or bear

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• expressive of severe grief or regret

• proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

• causing a sharp and acrid taste experience

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

• make bitter

• a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

• any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans

• a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee

• a medium brown to dark-brown color

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

• a passage selected from a larger work

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• get despite difficulties or obstacles

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• extract by the process of distillation

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• calculate the root of a number

• the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

• a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves

• buildings for carrying on industrial labor

• (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

• an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

• something planted secretly for discovery by another

• put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

• fix or set securely or deeply

• set up or lay the groundwork for

• place into a river

• place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive

• put firmly in the mind

• a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

• a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes

• a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves

• dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea

• fermented juice (of grapes especially)

• a red as dark as red wine

• drink wine

• treat to wine

• Any of a large class of organic compounds, of plant origin, having more than one phenol group; they tend to be colourful and to have antioxidant properties

• a digestible substance used to give color to food

• any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine