Definition of BRISKET

brisket

Plural: briskets

Noun

  • The breast or lower chest of an animal, especially beef.
  • a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
  • The chest of an animal.
  • A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.
  • A smoked meat dish made from cow brisket popular in Texas.
  • The character Bridget, a character from the video game series Guilty Gear.

Examples

  • He tried to fit BRISKET on the double-word square, but it wouldn’t align.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 13

brisket: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
brisket: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brisket: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

brisket: valid Words With Friends Word