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Definition of Cork

1. Verb. Close a bottle with a cork.

2. Noun. Outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc..

3. Verb. Stuff with cork. "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"

4. Noun. (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells.

5. Noun. A port city in southern Ireland.

6. Noun. The plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle).

7. Noun. A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line.

Definition of Cork

1. n. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

2. v. t. To stop with a cork, as a bottle.

Definition of Cork

1. Proper noun. Principal city of County Cork. ¹

2. Proper noun. County in the Republic of Ireland. (County Cork) ¹

3. Noun. The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material. ¹

4. Noun. A bottle stopper made from this or any other material. ¹

5. Noun. An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork. ¹

6. Noun. The cork oak. ¹

7. Noun. (botany) The tissue that grows from the cork cambium. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To blacken (as) with a burnt cork ¹

10. Verb. To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it. ¹

11. Verb. (slang) To be quiet. ¹

12. Verb. To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive Australia) To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cork

1. to stop up [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cork

coridine cories coring corino corinos coriolis force corious corium corium coronae corium parietis

coriums corival corivals cork (current term) cork-board cork jacket cork oak cork oaks cork taint cork tree

cork up corkage corkages corkboard corkboards corked corker corkers

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