Definition
ort
noun
- a morsel of food left at a meal
Usage: archaic or literary
Examples
- The servants collected the orts from the banquet table.
- Not a single ort was wasted in the frugal household.
- The dog eagerly devoured the orts left behind after dinner.
- Medieval texts often mention orts given to the poor.
- She saved every ort of bread for the birds.