vert
Meanings
Plural: verts
Noun
- A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
- Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
- The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
- In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
- A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
- Vertebrate.
- Vertex.
Adj
- In blazon, of the colour green.
- Abbreviation of vertical.
Verb
- To turn.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.
Scrabble Score: 7
vert is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordvert is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vert is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
vert is a valid Words With Friends word