Cork word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "cork" word
[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
\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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cork: 6 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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