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blet

/blɛt/

blet verb: to undergo or cause to undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.

blet: to undergo or cause to undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening
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Verb

blet (third-person singular simple present blets, present participle bletting, simple past and past participle bletted)

  1. To undergo or cause to undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
    • Bletting is in particular a special alteration; it appears that the more austere a fruit is before this is brought on, the more it is capable of bletting regularly.c. 1835, B. Maund, The Botanic Garden, Or, Magazine of Flowering Plants, Volume 6, Simpkin & Marshall, page 115
    • You can also hasten the bletting process by giving firm medlars a night in the freezer. I usually pick some medlars early to blet a little indoors, as this is perfect for making jelly, whereas fully soft fruit is ideal for any other use.2011, Mark Diacono, Fruit: River Cottage Handbook No.9, Bloomsbury Publishing, unnumbered page

Noun

blet (plural blets)

  1. A soft spot on fruit caused by bletting.

blet meaning in Tamil

blet in Tamil

இது பழவகைகளுள் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of blet

Verb
third-person singular presentblets
present participlebletting
past participlebletted
pastbletted
Noun
pluralblets

Origin of blet

Borrowed from French blettir, coined by John Lindley.

Words that rhyme with blet

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Questions about blet

What does blet mean?
Blet means to undergo or cause to undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
What is blet in Tamil?
Blet in Tamil is இது பழவகைகளுள் ஒன்றாகும். See Blet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is blet?
Blet can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce blet?
Blet is pronounced /blɛt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of blet?
The past tense of blet is bletted.

Words near blet in the dictionary

  1. Blessington
  2. blessure
  3. blessworthy
  4. blessèd
  5. blest
  6. blet
  7. bletch
  8. bletcherous
  9. bletches
  10. Bletchingdon
  11. Bletchingley

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: blet (page history and authors); blet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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