Definition of "brut" [brut]

• Very dry. Used of champagne. (adjective)

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• "A case of Veuve Clicquot, yellow label brut, also fared well."
• "The wines come in a range of styles: dry wines are labeled "brut," while off-dry wines are, somewhat confusingly, designated "extra dry" or "dry.""
• "In 1155 Wace, the author of the _Roman de Rou_, turned Geoffrey's work into a French poem entitled _Brut d 'Angleterre_, "brut" being a Welsh word meaning chronicle."