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Meaning and definition for "cork" word

[noun] a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
[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.
[noun] (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
[verb] close a bottle with a cork
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\Cork\ (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. {Cortex}.] 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See {Cutose}. 2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork. 3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance. Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox. {Cork jackets}, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming. {Cork tree} (Bot.), the species of oak ({Quercus Suber} of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce.
\Cork\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corked} (k[^o]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corking}.] 1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle. 2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. --Bp. Hall. Note: To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points, and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk.

Synonyms for cork

bob, bobber, bobfloat, cork up, phellem

Antonyms: uncork

See also: bark | city | Eire | fishing gear | fishing rig | fishing tackle | float | Ireland | Irish Free State | metropolis | plant material | plug | plug | port | rig | secure | stop up | stopper | stopple | tackle | urban center | wine bottle |

Related terms: air, asphyxiate, blackwash, bung, check valve, cloister, epicarp, jam, keep in detention, life raft, maintain, obstipate, peel, shackle, shade, smut, smutch, spile, stay, stopgap, stultify, suppress

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Let's analyse "cork" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: KROC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]

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Morse code: -.-. --- .-. -.-

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: cork: 6 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: cork: 3 + 6 + 9 + 2 = 20, reduced: 2, and the final result is Two.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
C (1) 3 Empress Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
K (1) 11 Justice Charismatic, Quick, Leader, Bold
O (1) 15 Devil Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong

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