n. | 1. | The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose. | ||||||
2. | A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork. | |||||||
3. | A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.
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v. t. | 1. | To stop with a cork, as a bottle. | ||||||
2. | To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. |
Noun | 1. | cork - outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. |
2. | cork - (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells Synonyms: phellem | |
3. | Cork - a port city in southern Ireland | |
4. | cork - the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) | |
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Verb | 1. | cork - close a bottle with a cork Synonyms: cork up Antonyms: uncork - draw the cork from (bottles); "uncork the French wine" |
2. | cork - stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter" |