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cork

Dictionary definition · Cork

noun

  1. a port city in southern Ireland
  2. outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
  3. (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
  4. the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
  5. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

verb

  1. close a bottle with a cork
  2. stuff with cork"The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).