brut
pronunciation
How to pronounce brut in British English:
UK [bru:t]
How to pronounce brut in American English:
US [brut]
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- Adjective:
- (of champagne) extremely dry
Word Origin
- brut (adj.)
- "dry," 1891, used of wines, especially champagnes, from French brut (14c.), literally "raw, crude" (see brute).
Example
- 1. And either you 're weak or you 'll use brut force-feed the truth .
- 2. Diamonds industrial unworked or simply sawn , cleaved or brut .
- 3. Moet et chandon brut imperial crystallized with swarovski .
- 4. Her journal recalls a 22-year-old man in " a comfy t-shirt depicting buxom women " , marked by the smells of " running sweat , brut spray deodorant , smoking , eating raisins , sleeping , breathing " .
- 5. If you want to spend less and pink bubbles are not for you , opt for lanson 's lemony , biscuity black label brut champagne , as cheap now at it was at christmas : 16.99 at budgens and 17 at asda .