Crossword clues for bort
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bort \Bort\, n. Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"waste diamonds, small chips from diamond-cutting," of unknown origin, perhaps related to Old French bort "bastard."
Wiktionary
alt. (context uncountable English) Poor quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond. n. (context uncountable English) Poor quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond.
Wikipedia
Bort or boart is a term used in the diamond industry to refer to shards of non- gem-grade/quality diamonds. In the manufacturing and heavy industries, "bort" is used to describe dark, imperfectly formed/crystallized diamonds of varying levels of opacity. The lowest grade, "crushing bort", is crushed by steel mortars and used to make industrial-grade abrasive grits. Small bort crystals are used in drill bits. The Democratic Republic of the Congo provides 75% of the world supply of crushing bort.
Bort is a gem-grade shard of diamond.
Bort may also refer to:
- Bort (name)
- Bort-les-Orgues, a town in France
- Bort (Habkern), a settlement in the municipality of Habkern. Bern, Switzerland
- Bort, two one-time characters from The Simpsons
- Bort, an Orbot from Mighty Orbots
Bort is an English name meaning "fortified." It is also an eastern Ashkenazic surname that refers to a man with a remarkable beard. It originates from the Yiddish word "bord" and the German "Bart," which both mean "beard." It may also originate from the Polish word "borta," a loanword from the German "borte" meaning "braid" or "galloon."
Usage examples of "bort".
I tried bort, and ballas, but carbonado was the best, especially with graphite added.
Argyle mine is a bort hole filled almost entirely with industrial diamonds.
I tried bort, and ballas, but carbonado was the best, especially with graphite added.
Helen says, and spreads her hand on the counter, her fingers sparkling and loaded with step-cut emeralds and cabochon star sapphires and black, cushion-cut bort diamonds.
Men hun valgte selv dødeligheden, at kunne dø bort fra denne verden for at kunne følge ham.