Definition of "ort" []

• A small scrap or leaving of food after a meal is completed. Often used in the plural. (noun)
• A scrap; a bit. (noun)

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• "An ghaoth ag breith ort is ag tarraingt ar do �ada�"
• "If you didn't see it, the day after her death The Newshour rebroadcast an essay of hers from 1986 about art in Texas -- or as Molly pronounces it, "ort" -- an appreciation for the colorful and absurd in Texas."
• "No, no, no, an "ort" is a small scrap of food left after a meal is completed."