Cork (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the spongy layer of bark of the cork oak, used for making a wide range of products, including bottle stoppers, beverage coasters, fishing rod handles, bulletin boards, sound and heat insulation, and flooring materials.
  2. cork oak.
  3. something made of cork, as produced from the spongy bark of the cork oak: Bring that cork in here—we’re using it as a dartboard.
  4. a piece of cork, rubber, or the like used as a stopper, as for a bottle: The cork you gave me is too large for this jug.
  5. a small float to buoy up a fishing line or to indicate that a fish is biting: When the cork starts bobbing, you’ve got a fish!
  6. an outer tissue of bark produced by and exterior to the phellogen.
verb (used with object)
  1. to stop with or as if with a cork (often followed by up): The bottles are mechanically corked, two dozen at a time.Cork these up and put them back in the cooler.
  2. to provide or fit with cork or a cork: They’re tiling floors and corking walls in her new studio.
  3. to blacken with burnt cork: During war games, they learned to cork their faces when operating under moonlight.
Idioms
  1. to lose one's temper; release one's emotional or physical tension.
noun
  1. a county in Munster province, in S Republic of Ireland. 2,881 sq. mi. (7,460 sq. km).
  2. a seaport in and the county seat of Cork, in the S part.
noun
  1. the thick light porous outer bark of the cork oak, used widely as an insulator and for stoppers for bottles, casks, etc
  2. a piece of cork or other material used as a stopper
  3. an angling float
  4. a protective layer of dead impermeable cells on the outside of the stems and roots of woody plants, produced by the outer layer of the cork cambium
adjective
  1. made of cork
verb (tr)
  1. to stop up (a bottle, cask, etc) with or as if with a cork; fit with a cork
  2. to restrain
  3. to black (the face, hands, etc) with burnt cork
noun
  1. a county of SW Republic of Ireland, in Munster province: crossed by ridges of low mountains; scenic coastline. County town: Cork. Pop: 447 829 (2002). Area: 7459 sq km (2880 sq miles)
  2. a city and port in S Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Cork, at the mouth of the River Lee: seat of the University College of Cork (1849). Pop: 186 239 (2002)
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