Definition of ort

Email this page to a friend

< Orsk

Ortega, Daniel >

ort    (ôrt) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A small scrap or leaving of food after a meal is completed. Often used in the plural.
2. A scrap; a bit.

---

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English orte, food left by animals, probably from Middle Dutch : oor, out; see ud- in Indo-European roots + eten, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots