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Cork

Noun

Definiciones

1.NounThe dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
2.NounThe phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
3.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."
4.NounAn angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
5.NounThe cork oak, Quercus suber.
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. To tamper with (a bat) by drilling out part of the head and filling the cavity with cork or similar light, compressible material.
"He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy."
10.VerbTo tamper with (a bat) by drilling out part of the head and filling the cavity with cork or similar light, compressible material.
"He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy."
11.VerbTo injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
"The vicious tackle corked his leg."
12.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.
13.VerbTo block (a street) illegally, to allow a protest or other activity to take place without traffic.
14.NounAn aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
15.VerbTo perform such a maneuver.
16.AdjectiveHaving the property of a head over heels rotation.
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