Definition of "wart" []

• A hard rough lump growing on the skin, caused by infection with certain viruses and occurring typically on the hands or feet. (noun)
• A similar growth or protuberance, as on a plant. (noun)
• A genital wart. (noun)
• One that resembles or is likened to a wart, especially in unattractiveness or smallness. (noun)
• An imperfection; a flaw. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "At least a genital wart is more sincere than you are .."
• "Until the wonderful day arrives when all electrical adapters come with dainty little plugs and the wall-wart is a thing of the past, every power-strip in the universe should be replaced with one of these."
• "And there at the bottom of the foot, rather where you would imagine a plantar's wart, is Moccasin Bend, the hospital."