Definition of "cork"
- noun
The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
The cork oak.
The tissue that grows from the cork cambium.
- verb
To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.
To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
To be quiet.
To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
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