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casse

casse noun: a fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown, or white to yellow, on exposure to air.

Noun

casse (uncountable)

  1. A fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown, or white to yellow, on exposure to air.

Origin of casse

From French casse (literally “breakage”), from casser (“to break”).

Questions about casse

What does casse mean?
Casse means a fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown, or white to yellow, on exposure to air.
What part of speech is casse?
Casse is a noun.

Words near casse in the dictionary

  1. cassava wood
  2. cassavas
  3. Cassavetian
  4. Cassay
  5. Cassays
  6. casse
  7. casse-croute
  8. casse-croutes
  9. cassed
  10. cassedanneite
  11. Cassedy

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