name
Meaning 1
A surname from Yiddish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
bort
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
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CMU ARPABET: B AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- 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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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish באָרד (bord, “beard”), nickname of a man with a remarkable beard.