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1. (n.) cork
the thick lightweight layer of a Mediterranean oak, Quercus suber
2. cork
something made of cork.
3. cork
a piece of cork, rubber, or the like used as a stopper, as for a bottle.
4. cork
a small float to buoy up a fishing line.
5. (v.t.) cork
to provide or fit with cork or a cork.
6. cork
to stop with or as if with a cork (often fol. by up).
7. cork
to blacken with burnt cork.
8. (n.) Cork
a county in Munster province in S Republic of Ireland. 279,427; 2881 sq. mi. (7460 sq. km).
9. Cork
a seaport in and the county seat of Cork in the S part. 133,196.
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| Definition of 'CORK' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cork
outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
2. (noun) phellem, cork
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
3. (noun) Cork
a port city in southern Ireland
4. (noun) cork, bottle cork
the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
5. (verb) bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat
a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
6. (verb) cork, cork up
close a bottle with a cork
7. (verb) cork
stuff with cork
"The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"
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1. (noun) cork
a light brown soft bark, used for covering floors, blocking wine bottles, etc.
cork floor tiles
2. cork
a cylindrical bottle stopper made of cork
The cork popped out of the bottle.
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| Definition of 'CORK' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) CORK
the outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose
2. (noun) CORK
a stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork
3. (noun) CORK
a mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance
4. (verb) CORK
to stop with a cork, as a bottle
5. (verb) CORK
to furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. CORK
a fine city, capital of a county (436) of the same name in Munster, Ireland, on the Lee, 11 m. from its mouth; with a magnificent harbour, an extensive foreign trade, and manufactures of various kinds.
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Sense: the outer bark of the cork tree (an oak of South Europe, North Africa etc)
Cork floats well; (
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 Afrikaans: kurk |
 Arabic: فَلّـين |
 Bulgarian: бот. лико |
 Brazilian: cortiça |
 Czech: korek; korkový |
 German: der Kork |
 Danish: kork; kork- |
 Greek: φελλός |
 Spanish: corcho |
 Estonian: kork |
 Farsi: چوب پنبه |
 Finnish: korkki |
 French: liège; (en) liège |
 Hebrew: שַׁעַם |
 Hindi: काग |
 Croatian: pluto, kora od plutnjaka |
 Hungarian: parafa |
 Indonesian: gabus |
 Icelandic: korkur |
 Italian: sughero; di sughero |
 Japanese: コルク |
 Korean: 코르크 |
 Lithuanian: kamščiamedžio žievė |
 Latvian: korķis; korķa- |
 Malay: gabus |
 Dutch: kurk |
 Norwegian: kork |
 Polish: korek |
 Persian: چوب پنبه |
 Pashto: كارك، يو ډول نرم لرګى چه |
 Portuguese: cortiça |
 Romanian: (de) plută |
 Russian: пробка |
 Slovak: korok; korkový |
 Slovenian: pluta |
 Serbian: pluta |
 Swedish: kork |
 Thai: เปลือกนอกของต้นโอ๊ค |
 Turkish: mantar (ağacı kabuğu) |
 Taiwanese: 軟木 |
 Ukrainian: кора пробкового дерева |
 Urdu: كارک، کاگ |
 Vietnamese: li e; bần |
 Chinese: 软木 |
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