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noun
- (uncountable) The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and is very good for making bottle stoppers and insulation material.
- A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
- It is hard to call it wine with a straight-face, when the is made of plastic.
Translations: - French: liège(fr)m
- Italian: turacciolo(it)m
verb
- To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
- To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
- (context, slang) To be quiet.
- He was so loud I told him to it.
- (context, baseball) To fill the center of a bat with cork.
- He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
adjective
- Made from, or consisting of, cork.
- Look at that statue.
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