bort
bort noun: 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.
Noun
bort (countable and uncountable, plural borts)
- 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
Proper noun capitalized: Bort
Bort (plural Borts)
- A surname from Yiddish.
bort meaning in Tamil
bort in Tamil
- கருவைரம், வைரத்துண்டு
Forms of bort
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | borts |
| alternative form | boart |
| alternative form | boort |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Borts |
Origin of bort
Borrowed from Yiddish באָרד (bord, “beard”), nickname of a man with a remarkable beard.
Words that rhyme with bort
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- export
- mort
- assort
- escort
- fort
- quart
- resort
- retort
- thwart
- wart
- cavort
- comport
- detort
- distort
- extort
- swart
- transport
- apport
- come short
- consort
- contort
- desport
- ort
- purport
- reimport
- tort
- accourt
- aport
- asnort
- asport
- coreport
- Crown Court
- dort
- exhort
- Isle aux Morts
- kangaroo court
- misreport
- reexport
- rereport
- rort
- skort
- spoilsport
- torte
- worrywart
Questions about bort
- What does bort mean?
- Bort means 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.
- What is bort in Tamil?
- Bort in Tamil is கருவைரம், வைரத்துண்டு. See Bort meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bort?
- Bort can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of bort?
- The plural of bort is borts.
Words near bort in the dictionary
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