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See also: Bort, bórt, bört, bőrt, and борть

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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.
    • 1931, Business Week, Issues 82-94, page 25,
      Bits that would require 4 to 16 carbonadoes are now set with 40 to 80 borts.
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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian борт (bort), from Dutch boord.

Noun

bort (definite accusative bortu, plural bortlar)

  1. (nautical, aviation) board, side

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Etymology

From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (word). Cognate with German Wort, English word.

Noun

bort n

  1. (Sappada) word

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Cimbrian

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Etymology

From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (word). Cognate with German Wort, English word.

Noun

bort n (plural börtar)

  1. (Luserna, Tredici Comuni) word

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