cork
Meaning of cork
noun
- a buoyant light brown substance obtained from the outer layer of the bark of the cork oak.
vinyl-coated cork is practical as a floor covering
cork tiles
- a bottle stopper made of cork or a similar material.
he pulled out the cork and commenced pouring the wine
champagne corks popped
- close or seal (a bottle) with a cork.
the bottles were tightly corked and wired
- draw with burnt cork.
he had corked a moustache on his upper lip
- illicitly hollow out (a baseball bat) and fill it with cork to make it lighter.
the balls are doctored and the bats are corked
- suffer a painful bruising injury to (a limb) as a result of a heavy blow, especially while participating in a contact sport.
he corked his thigh and limped off
she was subbed off in the first half because of a corked hip
Middle English: from Dutch and Low German kork, from Spanish alcorque ‘cork-soled sandal’, from Arabic al- ‘the’ and (probably) Spanish Arabic qurq, qorq, based on Latin quercus ‘oak, cork oak’.
Information about cork
- The plural form of cork is: corks.
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Hyphenation of cork
cork
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- cork is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
cork synonyms
Meaning phellem:
Meaning Cork:
Meaning bob:
Meaning a plug for sealing a hole, especially in the neck of a bottle or other container:
Meaning a cessation of movement or operation:
Meaning a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up:
Meaning a stopper for closing a hole in a container:
Meaning a short pin or bolt, typically tapered at one end, that is used for securing something in place, hanging things on, or marking a position:
Meaning a small peg or plug, especially for insertion into the vent of a cask:
Meaning a small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask:
Meaning a device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them:
Meaning a protective lid or cover for an object such as a bottle, the point of a pen, or a camera lens:
Meaning a lid, cover, or cap:
Meaning a removable or hinged cover for the top of a container:
Meaning a thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it:
Meaning a thing used to protect, decorate, or conceal something else:
Meaning a stopper or plug:
Translation of cork
- German: Kork, Stöpsel
- Spanish: corcho
- French: liège, bouchon
- Italian: sughero, tappo, turacciolo
- Portuguese: cortiça, rolha
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