content: wort wəːt/￼ noun suffix: -wort; noun: wort; plural noun: worts 1. used in names of plants and herbs, especially those used formerly as food or medicinally, e.g. butterwort, lungwort, woundwort. archaic a plant or herb used as food or medicinally. 2. the sweet infusion of ground malt or other grain before fermentation, used to produce beer and distilled malt liquors. "yeast is added to the wort"     Yeah right : As if an American would ever let go of beer.