Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whort
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The whortleberry, or bilberry (fruit).

pron

Pronunciation spelling of what.

Example Sentences

"he consumed mechanically a number of slices of bread and whort jam."
"Through weeds and thorns, and matted underwood I force my way; now climb, and now descend O'er rocks, or bare or mossy, with wild foot Crushing the purple whorts[…]"
"When yer 'asn't gort no work yer doesn't git no pye, And when the cash ain't 'andy, then be keerful whort yer sye,"

Etymology

See whortleberry.

Inflected Forms

whorts (plural)

Questions

What does whort mean?: The whortleberry, or bilberry (fruit).
Where does whort come from?: See whortleberry.

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