Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hwurt, wurt]
- /ʰwɜrt, wɜrt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hwurt, wurt]
- /ʰwɜrt, wɜrt/
Definitions of whort word
- noun whort the whortleberry. 1
- noun whort (botany) The whortleberry, or bilberry. 1
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Origin of whort
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; dialectal variant of Middle English hurte, Old English horte whortleberry
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Whort
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
whort popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.