BRIT

brit, britt

(noun) minute crustaceans forming food for right whales

brit, britt

(noun) the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish

Britisher, Briton, Brit

(noun) a native or inhabitant of Great Britain

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

brit (third-person singular simple present brits, present participle britting, simple past and past participle britted)

(transitive) To break in pieces; divide.

(transitive) To bruise; indent.

(intransitive) To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).

(intransitive, dialectal) To fade away; alter.

Etymology 2

Noun

brit (plural brit)

One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc.

One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.

Etymology 3

Noun

brit (plural brits)

brit milah

Anagrams

• BIRT, Birt, Trib, birt, trib

Etymology

Noun

Brit (plural Brits)

(informal, formerly offensive) A British person.

A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.

Adjective

Brit (comparative more Brit, superlative most Brit)

Abbreviation of British.

Proper noun

Brit

Abbreviation of Britain.

(lexicography) Abbreviation of British English.

Anagrams

• BIRT, Birt, Trib, birt, trib

Source: Wiktionary


Brit, Britt, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat. (b) The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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