Astringency
Related Definitions
[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
Related Terms
abbreviation, acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, acrimony, asperity, astriction, astringence, austerity, authoritarianism, bite, bitingness, bitter pill, bitterness, bottleneck, causticity, cervix, circumscription, coarctation, compact