cork

Speech parts

1. cork - Noun

2. cork - Adjective

3. cork - Verb

4. Cork - Proper noun

Meaning

The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.

A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.

To stop with a cork, as a bottle.

To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bob bung cap seal closure plug stopper bobber phellem cork up cyprus corky bast OAK caulk
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Antonyms

air evidence evince broadcast frame express
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Hypernyms

secure float bark plug stuff stopper

Phrases with the word

cork cambium pop one's cork real cork authentic cork bark cork cork-barked oak

Derivatives

corked corking

Anagrams

rock Kroc

Examples

We have observed for thirty centuries that a large nose is a sign on the door of our face that says 'Herein dwells a man who is intelligent, prudent, courteous, affable, noble-minded and generous'. A small nose is a cork on the bottle of the opposite vices. Cyrano de Bergerac

Hey Who took the cork off my lunch. W. C. Fields

Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict. Éamon de Valera

The cork is always bigger than the mouth of the bottle. Estonian Proverb

Limerick was, Dublin is, and Cork shall be the finest city of the three. Irish Proverb

A good bottle of wine does not need a cork. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Corixa corixid Corixidae cork ball cork bark cork borer