Cork

Cork  (kôrk)

A city of southern Ireland near the head of Cork Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Cork was occupied by the Danes in the ninth century and by Oliver Cromwell in 1649. Population: 119,000.

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cork  (kôrk)

n.

1. The lightweight elastic outer bark of the cork oak, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats, and crafts.

2.

a. Something made of cork, especially a bottle stopper.

b. A bottle stopper made of other material, such as plastic.

3. A small float used on a fishing line or net to buoy up the line or net or to indicate when a fish bites.

4. Botany A nonliving, water-resistant protective tissue that is formed on the outside of the cork cambium in the woody stems and roots of many seed plants. Also called phellem.

tr.v. corked, cork·ing, corks

1. To stop or seal with or as if with a cork.

2. To restrain or check; hold back: tried to cork my anger.

3. To blacken with burnt cork.

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[Middle English, from Dutch kurk or Low German korck, both from Spanish alcorque, cork-soled shoe, probably from Arabic dialectal al-qrq : al-, the + qrq (from Latin quercus, oak; see perk^wu- in Indo-European roots).]

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cork

Noun

1. the thick light porous outer bark of a Mediterranean oak

2. a piece of cork used as a stopper

3. Bot the outer bark of a woody plant

Verb

to stop up (a bottle) with a cork [probably from Arabic qurq]

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cork  (kôrk)

1. The outermost layer of tissue in woody plants that is resistant to the passage of water vapor and gases and that becomes the bark. Cork is secondary tissue, formed on the outside of the tissue layer known as cork cambium. The cell walls of cork cells contain suberin. Once they mature, cork cells die. Also called phellem.

2. The lightweight, elastic outer bark of the cork oak, which grows near the Mediterranean Sea. Cork is used for bottle stoppers, insulation, and other products.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cork - outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants plant material, plant substance - material derived from plants
	2.	cork - (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells phellem phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
	3.	Cork - a port city in southern Ireland Eire, Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland - a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
	4.	cork - the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) bottle cork plug, stopple, stopper - blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly wine bottle - a bottle for holding wine
	5.	cork - a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line bobber, bobfloat, bob fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle, rig - gear used in fishing float - something that floats on the surface of water
Verb	1.	cork - close a bottle with a cork cork up plug, stop up, secure - fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak" uncork - draw the cork from (bottles); "uncork the French wine"
	2.	cork - stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter" stuff - fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"

Translations

cork [kɔːk] n → corcho;

(tree) → alcornoque m

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cork [kɔːk] n (= material) → liège m [of bottle]; bouchon m

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cork [kɔːk] n (stopper) → Korken m;

(substance) → Kork m

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cork [kɔːk] n → sughero; [of bottle] → tappo

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cork

n cork [koːk]

1 the outer bark of the cork tree (an oak of South Europe, North Africa etc) Cork floats well; (also adjective ) cork floor-tiles. kurk فَلّـين бот. лико korek; korkový kork; kork- der Kork φελλός corcho kork چوب پنبه korkki liège; (en) liège שַׁעַם काग pluto, kora od plutnjaka parafa gabus korkur sughero; di sughero コルク 코르크 kamščiamedžio žievė korķis; korķa- gabus kurk kork korek cortiça (de) plută пробка korok; korkový pluta pluta kork เปลือกนอกของต้นโอ๊ค mantar (ağacı kabuğu) 軟木 кора пробкового дерева كارک، کاگ li e; bần 软木

2 a stopper for a bottle etc made of cork Put the cork back in the wine-bottle. kurkprop سِدادَ тапа zátka (korková) korkprop der Korken φελλός, πώμα corcho, tapón kork در بطری؛ سر بطری korkki bouchon (en liège) פְּקַק שַׁעַם कार्क से बोतल बंद करना čep dugó sumbat korktappi tappo di sughero コルクのせん 코르크 병마개 kamštis korķis; aizbāznis gabus kurk kork korek rolha dop (de plută) пробка zátka zamašek čep kork จุกไม้ก๊อก şişe mantarı 軟木塞 корок, пробка کاگ، ڈاٹ nút chai 软木塞

v

to put a cork or stopper in He corked the bottle. kurk,toekurk يَسُـد запушвам uzavřít zátkou (korkovou) sætte prop i verkorken βουλώνω encorchar, tapar con un corcho kinni korkima بستن sulkea korkilla boucher לִפקוֹק कार्क बोतल začepiti bedugaszol menyumbat setja tappa í tappare せんをする 코르크 마개로 막다 užkimšti aizkorķēt; aizbāzt menyumbat kurken sette kork i, korke korkować rolhar a astupa затыкать пробкой zátkovať zamašiti zapušiti korka igen ปิดด้วยจุกไม้ก๊อก tıpalamak 用軟木塞塞緊 затикати пробкою کاگ لگانا، ڈاٹ لگانا đóng nút bần 用软木塞塞紧

n corkscrew

a tool with a screw-like spike, used for drawing corks from bottles. kurktrekker مِفتاح القناني، برّيمـه، مِبْـرَم тирбушон vývrtka proptrækker der Korkenzieher τιρμπουσόν sacacorchos korgits در بازکن korkkiruuvi tire-bouchon פוֹתחָן בָּקבּוּקִים काग निकालने का पेंच vadičep dugóhúzó kotrek, pembuka sumbat botol tappatogari cavatappi コルクせん抜き 마개뽑이 kamščiatraukis korķviļķis skru pencungkil gabus kurketrekker korketrekker korkociąg saca-rolhas tirbuşon штопор vývrtka odčepnik vadičep korkskruv สว่านเปิดจุกขวด tirbuşon 開塞鑽 штопор کاگ پیچ، پیچ کش cái mở nút chai li e 开塞钻