1. industrial diamond of poor quality, used for drilling and cutting tools
Usage: technical

Examples

• The drill bit was embedded with bort for cutting through hard rock.
• Bort is less valuable than gem-quality diamonds but essential for industrial applications.
• The mining company sorted the diamonds, separating the gems from the bort.
• Bort particles are used in diamond-tipped saw blades.
• The jeweler discarded the bort and kept only the clear stones.