Wort

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A plant. Often used in combination: liverwort; milkwort.
  • n. An infusion of malt that is fermented to make beer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A plant; herb; vegetable.
  • n. Any of various plants or herbs. The word is usually used in combination to refer to specific plants, e.g. St. John’s wort; however, it may be used on its own as a generic term.
  • n. Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A plant of any kind.
  • n. Cabbages.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plant; herb; vegetable.
  • n. The infusion of malt which after fermentation becomes beer.
  • n. An infusion of malt, formerly used in scurvy and as a dressing to foul ulcers.
  • n. Same as whort.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'
  • n. unfermented or fermenting malt
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    herbaceous plant    Herb    malt   
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cabbages    plant   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cyder    insolation    healt    malt    cider    smit    muscatel    fenugreek    cetera    crumpet