Cork

[kɔːk] or [kɔrk]

Definition

(noun.) the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle).

(noun.) a port city in southern Ireland.

(noun.) outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc..

(verb.) stuff with cork; 'The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter'.

(verb.) close a bottle with a cork.

Edited by Edward--From WordNet

Definition

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

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

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

(v. t.) To stop with a cork, as a bottle.

(v. t.) To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.

Checked by Anita

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Bark of the Quercus suber, or cork-tree.[2]. Stopple or stopper (made of cork).

Editor: Margaret

Definition

n. the outer bark of the cork-tree an oak found in the south of Europe &c.: a stopper made of cork: any stopper.—adj. made of cork.—v.t. to stop with a cork: to stop up.—ns. Cork′age corking or uncorking of bottles: a charge made by hotel-keepers for uncorking of bottles when the liquor has not been supplied from the house; Cork′-cut′ter one employed in cutting corks for bottles &c.: an instrument used for this.—adj. Corked stopped by a cork: tainted by the cork as wine: blackened by burnt cork.—ns. Cork′er a finisher: (slang) something conclusive; Cork′ing-pin a large pin probably from fastening the hair to a pad of cork; Cork′-jack′et a jacket made of or lined with cork to aid in swimming; Cork′-leg an artificial leg partly of cork; Cork′-screw a screw for drawing corks from bottles.—adj. like a cork-screw in shape.—v.i. to move in a spiral manner.—v.t. to pull out with difficulty as a cork: to obtain information from by force or cunning.—n. Cork′-tree a species of oak from which cork is obtained.—adj. Cork′y of or resembling cork: (Shak.) withered.

Typed by Deirdre

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of drawing corks at a banquet, signifies that you will soon enter a state of prosperity, in which you will revel in happiness of the most select kind. To dream of medicine corks, denotes sickness and wasted energies. To dream of seeing a fishing cork resting on clear water, denotes success. If water is disturbed you will be annoyed by unprincipled persons. To dream that you are corking bottles, denotes a well organized business and system in your living. For a young woman to dream of drawing champagne corks, indicates she will have a gay and handsome lover who will lavish much attention and money on her. She should look well to her reputation and listen to the warning of parents after this dream.

Typist: Rosa

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