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1. Outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
    
2. (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
   - phellem
    
3. The plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
   - bottle cork
    
4. A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
   - bob, bobber, bobfloat

1. Close a bottle with a cork
   - cork up
    
2. Stuff with cork
   "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"

1. A port city in southern Ireland

Sounds like: Cork, calk, caulk

Derived forms: corked, corks, corking

Type of: bark, city, float, metropolis, plant material, plant substance, plug, port, secure, stop up, stopper, stopple, stuff, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Antonym: uncork

Part of: Eire, fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland, rig, tackle, wine bottle

Encyclopedia: Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Cork, Brandon and South Coast Railway Cork Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway Cork, County Cork Cork, Munster Cork, Republic of Ireland Cork, Diocese of Cork, Ireland