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/kɔɹk/ · noun
(botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water..
Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.
The vicious tackle corked his leg.
2010, Andrew Stojanovski, Dog Ear Cafe, large print 16pt, page 191, Much to my relief he had only corked his leg when he had jumped.
Injuries, which seemed to be of an inconsequential nature, were often sustained, such as a sprained ankle, a dislocated phalanx, a twisted foot, a corked leg and so on.
As he moved away again, William winced at an ache in his thigh. ‘Must have corked my leg when I got up,’ he thought.
“I′m okay. I must have corked my thigh when Bruce fell onto me. I′ll be fine.”
I corked my thigh late in the game, which we won, and came off.
Use cork when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cork means (botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water..
Common synonyms include phellem, bob, bobber, cork up.
Possible antonyms include uncork.
Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.
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