Definitions from Wiktionary (Cork)
▸ noun: (botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
▸ noun: The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
▸ noun: A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
▸ noun: An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
▸ noun: The cork oak, Quercus suber.
▸ verb: (transitive) To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
▸ verb: (transitive) To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.
▸ verb: To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
▸ verb: To fill with cork.
▸ verb: (transitive, baseball) To tamper with (a bat) by drilling out part of the head and filling the cavity with cork or similar light, compressible material.
▸ verb: (transitive, Australia) To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
▸ verb: (fishing) 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.
▸ verb: (transitive) To block (a street) illegally, to allow a protest or other activity to take place without traffic.
▸ noun: (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
▸ verb: (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) To perform such a maneuver.
▸ adjective: (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) Having the property of a head over heels rotation.
▸ noun: The principal city of County Cork, Ireland.
▸ noun: A county in the Republic of Ireland (County Cork).
▸ Also see cork
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▸ noun: (botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
▸ noun: The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
▸ noun: A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
▸ noun: An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
▸ noun: The cork oak, Quercus suber.
▸ verb: (transitive) To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
▸ verb: (transitive) To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.
▸ verb: To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
▸ verb: To fill with cork.
▸ verb: (transitive, baseball) To tamper with (a bat) by drilling out part of the head and filling the cavity with cork or similar light, compressible material.
▸ verb: (transitive, Australia) To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
▸ verb: (fishing) 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.
▸ verb: (transitive) To block (a street) illegally, to allow a protest or other activity to take place without traffic.
▸ noun: (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
▸ verb: (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) To perform such a maneuver.
▸ adjective: (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) Having the property of a head over heels rotation.
▸ noun: The principal city of County Cork, Ireland.
▸ noun: A county in the Republic of Ireland (County Cork).
▸ Also see cork
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