acidity.

1. A sharp, sour quality in the taste of food or drink.

2. The tendency of a substance to donate protons in a chemical reaction.

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Words that belong together

• bright acidity
• balanced acidity

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Bright acidity balanced the richness of the sauce.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.