brett

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/bɹɛt/

noun

A fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.

CommonScrabble 7

Meanings

brett1

nounbrett (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of Brett (Brettanomyces).

    The brewery produces a series of wild brett beers called Cases of the Mondays, a name inspired by the movie Office Space.

    2014, Dan Rabin, Colorado Breweries, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 226
    1 more example

    “Wild Wild Brett,” an early experiment of all-brett beers based on the color spectrum is now a part of the Crooked Stave lore, too.

    2016, Christian DeBenedetti, The Great American Ale Trail (Revised Edition), Running Press, →ISBN
  2. informaluncountableA fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.

brett2

nounbrett (plural bretts)

plural bretts

  1. archaicA britchka; a kind of horse-drawn carriage.

Brett3

proper noun

alternative Bret

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname meaning "Breton, an inhabitant of Brittany".
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
    1 more example

    In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores for Brett Kavanaugh - Karine Jean-Pierre.

    2022 May 12, Dave Davies, “Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?”, in NPR, spoken by Nicholas Confessore, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023
  3. A river in Suffolk, England, which joins the Suffolk River Stour at Higham in Babergh district.

Brett4

nounBrett (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountableBrettanomyces, a yeast genus that is used in brewing some beers, and can also affect the taste of wine.

Origin

Brett · proper noun

Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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