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whortle

US/ˈwɝtl̩/

whortle noun: the whortleberry or bilberry.

Noun

whortle (plural whortles)

  1. (archaic) The whortleberry or bilberry.
    • […] winding to the southward, he stopped his little nag short of the crest, and got off and looked ahead of him, from behind a tump of whortles.1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone

Forms of whortle

pluralwhortles

Origin of whortle

From Middle English hurtil, hurtle, from Old English horte (“whortleberry”) (plural hortan) but of unknown ultimate origin.

Phrases with whortle

Questions about whortle

What does whortle mean?
Whortle means the whortleberry or bilberry.
What part of speech is whortle?
Whortle is a noun.
How do you pronounce whortle?
Whortle is pronounced /ˈwɝtl̩/ (US).
What is the plural of whortle?
The plural of whortle is whortles.

Words near whortle in the dictionary

  1. Whorouly
  2. Whorouly East
  3. Whorouly South
  4. whorror
  5. whort
  6. whortle
  7. whortle bush
  8. whortle bushes
  9. whortleberries
  10. whortleberry
  11. whortles

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