Cork

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc. 1.2 Also called cork oak. the tree itself. 1.3 something made of cork. 1.4 a piece of cork, rubber, or the like used as a stopper, as for a bottle. 1.5 Angling . a small float to buoy up a fishing line or to indicate that a fish is biting. 1.6 Also called phellem , suber. Botany . an outer tissue of bark produced by and exterior to the phellogen. 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to provide or fit with cork or a cork. 2.2 to stop with or as if with a cork (often fol. by up ). 2.3 to blacken with burnt cork. ? 3 Idiom 3.1 blow or pop one's cork 4 Synonyms 4.1 noun 4.2 verb

Noun

the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.

Also called cork oak. the tree itself.

something made of cork.

a piece of cork, rubber, or the like used as a stopper, as for a bottle.

Angling . a small float to buoy up a fishing line or to indicate that a fish is biting.

Also called phellem , suber. Botany . an outer tissue of bark produced by and exterior to the phellogen.

Verb (used with object)

to provide or fit with cork or a cork.

to stop with or as if with a cork (often fol. by up ).

to blacken with burnt cork. ?

Idiom

blow or pop one's cork

Informal . to lose one's temper; release one's emotional or physical tension.

Synonyms

noun

choke , fill , stop , stopper , bobber , close , float , oak , phellem , plug , seal , shive , spike , stopple

verb

block , choke , clog , close , congest , plug , stop