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boart

boart is the alternative spelling of bort.

Meaning of bort

Noun

bort (countable and uncountable, plural borts)

  1. The shards or fragments removed from diamonds during cutting, used for industrial purposes such as abrasives in cutting, drilling or grinding tools; a poorly crystallized diamond.
    • Bits that would require 4 to 16 carbonadoes are now set with 40 to 80 borts.1931, Business Week, Issues 82-94, page 25

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Forms of boart

pluralboarts

Questions about boart

What is boart the alternative spelling of?
Boart is the alternative spelling of bort.

Words near boart in the dictionary

  1. Boarmans
  2. boars
  3. boarskin
  4. boarskins
  5. boarspear
  6. boart
  7. boarts
  8. boas
  9. Boas' sign
  10. Boas-Buck polynomial
  11. Boas-Buck polynomials

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