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brut  (brt)
adj.
Very dry. Used of champagne.

[French, from Old French, rough, from Latin brtus, heavy; see gwer-1 in Indo-European roots.]

brut [bruːt (French) bryt]
adj
(Cookery) (of champagne) not sweet; dry
[from French raw, rough, from Latin brūtus heavy; see brute]
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Adj.1.brut - (of champagne) extremely dry
dry - (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux"


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