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The Meaning of cork

  • (n.) The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.
  • (n.) A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.
  • (n.) A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.
  • (v. t.) To stop with a cork, as a bottle.
  • (v. t.) To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.

Synonyms

phellem , Cork , bottle cork , bob , bobber , bobfloat , cork up

Antonyms

uncork

Rhymes

bjork , borck , bork , dorch , fork , goerke , horch , lorch , moerke , new-york , nork , pitchfork , pork , roark , roarke , rork , rorke , schork , schwark , slorc , storck , stork , torque , uncork , wark , york , yorke