cork as a noun: - 1
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Cork - 3
cork - 4
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as a verb: - 1
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cork
noun
1 cork
Outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc..
Roget 263:
stopper,
stopple;
plug,
cork,
bung,
spike,
spill,
stopcock,
tap;
rammer†;
ram,
ramrod;
piston;
stop-gap;
wadding,
stuffing,
padding,
stopping,
dossil†,
pledget†,
tompion†,
tourniquet.
cover
etc.
223;
valve,
vent peg,
spigot,
slide valve.
janitor,
doorkeeper,
porter,
warder,
beadle,
cerberus,
ostiary†.
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Roget 320:
levity;
lightness
etc.
adj.;
imponderability,
buoyancy,
volatility.
feather,
dust,
mote,
down,
thistle,
down,
flue,
cobweb,
gossamer,
straw,
cork,
bubble,
balloon;
float,
buoy;
ether,
air.
leaven,
ferment,
barm†,
yeast.
lighter-than-air balloon,
helium balloon,
hydrogen balloon,
hot air balloon.
convection,
thermal draft,
thermal.
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Dutch: stopsel, stop, kurk
Polish: korek
2 cork
botany Outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells.
synonym: phellem.
Polish: korek, felem
3 Cork
A port city in southern Ireland.
4 cork
The plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle).
synonym: bottle cork.
Dutch: kurk
Polish: korek
5 cork
A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line.
synonyms: bob, bobber, bobfloat.
Dutch: dobber, sim
Polish: spławik, pławik, pływak
verb
1 cork
Close a bottle with a cork.
synonym: cork up.
2 cork
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