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cork

noun
/kɔɹk/US/kɔːk/UK

Etymology

From Middle English cork (“oak bark, cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or object)”), either from Spanish corcho (“cork (material or object)”) (also corcha or corche) or from Old Spanish alcorque (“cork sole”). Doublet of cortex.

  1. derived from alcorque — “cork sole”
  2. derived from corcho — “cork (material or object)”
  3. derived from curc — “cork (material or object)”
  4. inherited from cork — “oak bark, cork”

Definitions

  1. The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin…

    The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.

  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. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. The cork oak, Quercus suber.

    2. To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.

    3. To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.

    4. To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.

    5. To fill with cork.

    6. To injure through a blow

      To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.

      • The vicious tackle corked his leg.
      • Injuries, which seemed to be of an inconsequential nature, were often sustained, such as a sprained ankle, a dislocated phalanx, a twisted foot, a corked leg and so on.
      • As he moved away again, William winced at an ache in his thigh. ‘Must have corked my leg when I got up,’ he thought.

    7. To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting…

      To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.

      • Kate remembered then, the family fish camp a mile or so up Amartuq Creek, the very creek across the mouth of which Yuri Andreev had tried to cork Joe Anahonak not half an hour before.
      • But its soon apparent that there are more boats than fish—at least for the moment. We all drift quietly, keeping an eye out for other boats and other nets. Corking another guy's net is a screaming—bastard offense.

    8. To block (a street) illegally, to allow a protest or other activity to take place without…

      To block (a street) illegally, to allow a protest or other activity to take place without traffic.

      • […] corking the streets is a challenge to capitalist ideologies, like skateboarding in parking lots and walkways […]

    9. An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the…

      An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.

    10. To perform such a maneuver.

    11. Having the property of a head over heels rotation.

    12. The principal city of County Cork, Ireland.

    13. A county in the Republic of Ireland (County Cork).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA