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blet

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK, US: /blɛt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛt

1

noun

Meaning 1

A soft spot on fruit caused by bletting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To undergo or cause to undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • c. 1835, B. Maund, The Botanic Garden, Or, Magazine of Flowering Plants, Volume 6, Simpkin & Marshall, page 115, 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.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French blettir, coined by John Lindley.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ndulkem — To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening
  • French: blettir — To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening