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1.nounThe bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
2.nounA 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."
3.nounAn angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
4.nounThe cork oak, Quercus suber.
5.nounThe dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
6.verbTo seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
7.verbTo blacken (as) with a burnt cork
8.verbTo leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
9.verbTo fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat."He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy."
10.verbTo injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma."The vicious tackle corked his leg."
11.verbTo position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.