CORK

Cork

Cork is a city in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and in the province of Munster. With a population of 119,230, it is the second largest city in the state and the third most populous on the island of Ireland.

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cork

Noun

  1. The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
  2. A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
    Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face, when the cork is made of plastic.
  3. An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
  4. The cork oak.
  5. The tissue that grows from the cork cambium.

Verb

  1. To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
  2. To blacken (as) with a burnt cork
  3. To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
  4. To be quiet.
    ''He was so loud I told him to cork it.
  5. To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
    ''He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
  6. To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
    ''The vicious tackle corked his leg.


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