Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The chest of an animal.

    Brust

    груди́нкаgrudínka

  2. (countable, uncountable)A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.

    Bruststück

    грудинкаgrudinka

    a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef

  3. (countable, uncountable)A smoked meat dish made from cow brisket, popular in Texas.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. BBQ brisket is mouthwatering.

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  2. We used to always make brisket for Pesach.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
chest of an animal:
cut of meat:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
chest of an animal:
cut of meat:

Origin

From Middle English brusket, probably from Old Danish bryske (“cartilage, gristle”), from

From Middle English brusket, probably from Old Danish bryske (“cartilage, gristle”), from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *briuskiz (compare German Brausche (“knot on the head”)). Cognate with Danish brusk, Icelandic brjósk.

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Forms

plural: briskets
Singularbrisket
Pluralbriskets

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbrisket disease

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
brinkC2briochebriskbrisklybristlebrit
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