brut
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8.8
Very dry champagne or sparkling wine with little sugar
- adjective
- /bruːt/
- Specialized
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brut
- We celebrated with a bottle of brut champagne to mark the occasion.
Examples
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The sommelier recommended a brut sparkling wine to pair with our appetizer.
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The sommelier recommended a brut champagne to complement the seafood dishes.
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Her preference is always for brut rather than sweet champagne.
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I prefer a brut champagne with my meal.
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This brut is perfect for celebrations.
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During the toast, we used a bottle of fine brut champagne for a dry finish.
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At the party, everyone enjoyed the brut sparkling wine instead of the sweet varieties.
Synonyms
dry
vsbrut
7
5.6
Having little or no sweet taste
is a stronger label meaning extremely little sugar especially for champagne
Antonyms
How Dry
Surface Forms
brut positive
Etymology
Brut comes from French brut, which meant 'raw' or 'unrefined' and is related to the English word brute, which gives a sense of something 'rough'. So, when champagne is called brut, it means the wine is 'not sweet' and 'very dry'.