cork
The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin…The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
Meaning
6 senses(uncountable)The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
(countable, uncountable)The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
Kork
про́бкаpróbka
ко́рокkórok
outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
(countable, uncountable)A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.
Stöpsel, Kork, Korken
про́бкаpróbka, заты́чкаzatýčka
чіпčip, ко́рокkórok, за́тичкаzátyčka
(countable, uncountable)An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
поплаво́кpoplavók
поплаве́цьpoplavécʹ, поплаво́кpoplavók, ґалаґа́нgalagán
a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
(countable, uncountable)The cork oak, Quercus suber.
An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
Examples
37 sentencesThe cork would not come out.
ruПробка не вытаскивалась. — marafon
Tom pulled the cork out of the bottle.
Tom put the cork back into the wine bottle.
deTom setzte den Korken wieder auf die Weinflasche. — raggione
I've never used this kind of cork screw before.
deSo einen Korkenzieher habe ich noch nie benutzt. — Waldelfe
Do you have a cork screw I could borrow?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English cork (“oak bark, cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or obFrom Middle English cork (“oak bark, cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or object)”), either from Spanish corcho (“cork (material or object)”) (also corcha or corche) or from Old Spanish alcorque (“cork sole”). Doublet of cortex.
From the traversal path resembling that of a corkscrew.
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Forms
plural: corksSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- cork out of
- the cork out
- get the cork