Cork

Definitions

1. The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
   uncountable
2. The principal city of County Cork, Ireland.
3. An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
4. The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
   countable, uncountable
5. A county in the Republic of Ireland (County Cork).
6. A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
   countable, uncountable
7. An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
   countable, uncountable
8. The cork oak, Quercus suber.
   countable, uncountable

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.”

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