Definitions for wortwɜrt, wɔrt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wortwɜrt, wɔrt(n.)
the infusion of malt or meal that after fermentation becomes beer or whiskey.
Category: Viniculture/Winemaking
Origin of wort:
bef. 1000; ME; OE wyrt, c. OS wurtja, MHG würze spice; akin to wort2
wortwɜrt, wɔrt(n.)
a plant, herb, or vegetable (now usu. only in combination):
figwort.
Category: Plants
Origin of wort:
bef. 900; ME; OE wyrt root, plant, c. OHG wurz, ON urt herb, Go waurts root; akin to ON rōt (cf. root1), L rādīx, Gk rhíza
Princeton's WordNet
wort(noun)
usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'
wort(noun)
unfermented or fermenting malt
Webster Dictionary
Wort(noun)
a plant of any kind
Wort(noun)
cabbages
Wort(noun)
an infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation
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