brisket
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”)). Doublet of bruise. Cognate with Danish brusk, Icelandic brjósk.
Noun[edit]
brisket (countable and uncountable, plural briskets)
- The chest of an animal
- A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs
Translations[edit]
the chest of an animal
a cut of meat from an animal chest
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰrews-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old Danish
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English doublets
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- en:Cuts of meat
- en:Meats