Cork Definition

kôrk
corked, corking, corks
noun
corks
The light, thick, elastic outer bark of an oak tree, the cork oak (Quercus suber) of the beech family, that grows in the Mediterranean area: used for floats, stoppers, linoleum, insulation, etc.
Webster's New World
A piece of cork or something made of cork; esp., a stopper for a bottle, cask, etc.
Webster's New World
A similar stopper made of rubber, glass, etc.
Webster's New World
A small float used on a fishing line or net to buoy up the line or net or to indicate when a fish bites.
American Heritage
The dead, waterproof outer bark of the stems of woody plants.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
corked, corking, corks
To stop or seal with a cork.
Webster's New World
To hold back; check.
Webster's New World
To blacken with burnt cork.
Webster's New World
To modify (a bat) by drilling a hole in the large end and filling it with cork or rubber: this practice is believed to give the batter an unfair advantage and is illegal.
Webster's New World

(slang) To be quiet.

He was so loud I told him to cork it.
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adjective
Made of cork.
Webster's New World
(snowboarding) Having the property of a head over heels rotation.
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pronoun
Principal city of County Cork.
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County in the Republic of Ireland. (County Cork)
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idiom
blow one's cork
  • to lose one's temper; become enraged
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cork

Noun

Singular:
cork
Plural:
corks

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cork

  • blow one's cork

Origin of Cork

  • From Middle English cork (“oak bark", "cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or object)”) or Middle Low German korck (“cork (material or object)”) or Early Modern German Kork (“cork (material or object)”), 1) from Spanish corcho (“cork (material or object)”) (also corcha or corche), (via Mozarabic) from Latin cortex (“bark”), or 2) from (Old) Spanish alcorque (“cork sole”), from Andalusian Arabic القورق (al-qūrq), from Latin quercus (“oak”) or Latin cortex (“bark”) or from Aramaic

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English corke cork, cork-soled shoe probably ultimately from Arabic dialectal qurq perhaps (via Berber) from Latin cortex, cortic- bark cortex

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the traversal path resembling that of a corkscrew.

    From Wiktionary

Cork Sentence Examples

  • The river here enters a branch of Cork harbour.

  • The Australian Eucalyptus and Casuarina in great variety, and many other imported trees, including syringas, wattles, acacias, willows, pines, cypress, cork and oak all thrive when properly planted and protected from grass fires.

  • He tried several times to join in the conversation, but his remarks were tossed aside each time like a cork thrown out of the water, and he could not jest with them.

  • He had a bottle in his hand and twisted the cork free with little effort.

  • The layer of cork thus formed cuts out the dead debris and serves to, protect the uninjured cells below.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOR

Words Ending With

KRKORK

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cork

Words Starting With C and Ending With K

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