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US
/ˈkɔɹk/
]
[ UK /kˈɔːk/ ]
[ UK /kˈɔːk/ ]
VERB
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stuff with cork
The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter - close a bottle with a cork
NOUN
- (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
- the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
- outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
- a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
How To Use cork In A Sentence
- Marcus Aurelius's hair stands energetically up, a nimbus of corkscrewing locks, not a bit like the conventional signs for hair that plaster so many Roman marble crania. The Forever City
- There are two main approaches: one is a synthetic plug the same shape as a cork that can be placed in the top of the bottle in the same way as a cork and removed with a corkscrew, so preserving the ritual of opening a bottle of wine.
- Rob also reckons that the south-west coast of Ireland has some of the best sailing grounds in the world - particularly around Roaring Water Bay in West Cork.
- The Waterford publicans, who have signified their intention to defy the ban, are following in the footsteps of their colleagues in Kerry, Cork, Donegal and Wexford.
- Other new ingredients were Agretti, corky-fruited water dropwort, bilwa or Belfruit, and squash blossoms. Weekend Herb Blogging Year In Review: Weeks 21-30, and a Recipe
- The noises of men talking and laughing and the sound of champagne corks popping filter out into the corridor.
- stick the photo onto the corkboard
- He speculated that a ball falling through a hole at the equator would follow a corkscrew trajectory.
- Your previous records, "corks" and "curls" both, counted for naught, for on that day all was at stake. In the days of my youth when I was a student in the University of Virginia, 1888-1893.
- Up until this morning, this was - as I am sure you will agree - a corking idea.
