Defenition of the word cork
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Defenition of the word cork
- The thick light porous outer bark of the cork oak, used widely as an insulator and for stoppers for bottles, casks, etc.
- Conical or cylindrical-shaped plug that is pushed in the bottleneck of a (wine) bottle to stop it up.
- a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
- the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
- outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
- close a bottle with a cork
- (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
- a port city in southern Ireland
- stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"
- stuff with cork
Synonyms for the word cork
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- bob
- bobber
- bobfloat
- bung
- cap
- cork up
- phellem
- plug
- stopper
- top
Similar words in the cork
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- cork
- cork's
- corked
- corking
- corks
- corkscrew
- corkscrew's
- corkscrewed
- corkscrewing
- corkscrews
Meronymys for the word cork
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- fishing gear
- fishing rig
- fishing tackle
- rig
- tackle
- wine bottle
Hypernyms for the word cork
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- bark
- city
- Eire
- float
- Ireland
- Irish Free State
- metropolis
- plant material
- plant substance
- plug
- port
- secure
- stop up
- stopper
- stopple
- stuff
- surname
- urban center
Antonyms for the word cork
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