Cork

Quick meaning: Cork is a noun meaning A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

Meaning

A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

More Meanings

1. An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
2. The cork oak, Quercus suber.
3. (transitive) To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
4. (transitive) To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.
5. To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
6. To fill with cork.
7. (botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.

Example Sentences

The vicious tackle corked his leg.

I corked my thigh late in the game, which we won, and came off.

“I′m okay. I must have corked my thigh when Bruce fell onto me. I′ll be fine.”

Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.

Word Forms

• corks
• corking
• corked

Synonyms for cork

Depending on context, synonyms include phellem, bob, bobber.

Antonyms for cork

Common opposites include uncork.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include phellem, bob, bobber, peanut, jam, bottleneck.

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