Meaning of Cork | Babel Free
kɔɹkDefinitions
- The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
- The principal city of County Cork, Ireland.
- An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
- The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
- A county in the Republic of Ireland (County Cork).
- A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
- An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
- The cork oak, Quercus suber.
Equivalents
Examples
“I confess my confidence was shaken by these actions, though I knew well enough that his leg was no more cork than my own⟳”
“Because cork is porous, it expands and contracts with changes in humidity.”
“Snobs feel⟳ it's hard to call⟳ it wine with a straight face⟳ when the cork is made of plastic.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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