Corks
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Corks
noun
- The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
- 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."
- An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
- The cork oak, Quercus suber.
- The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
verb
- To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
- To blacken (as) with a burnt cork
- To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
- To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
"He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy."
- To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
"The vicious tackle corked his leg."
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