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[kɔːk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a buoyant light brown substance obtained from the outer layer of the bark of the cork oak
(e.g: vinyl-coated cork is practical as a floor covering)
- a bottle stopper made of cork or a similar material
(e.g: he pulled out the cork and commenced pouring the wine)
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Middle English: from Dutch and Low German kork, from Spanish alcorque ‘cork-soled sandal’, from Arabic al- ‘the’ and (probably) Spanish Arabic qurq, qorq, based on Latin quercus ‘oak, cork oak’
[kɔːk], (Verb)
Definitions:
- close or seal (a bottle) with a cork
(e.g: the bottles were tightly corked and wired)
- draw with burnt cork
(e.g: he had corked a moustache on his upper lip)
- illicitly hollow out (a baseball bat) and fill it with cork to make it lighter
(e.g: the balls are doctored and the bats are corked)
- suffer a painful bruising injury to (a limb) as a result of a heavy blow, especially while participating in a contact sport
(e.g: he corked his thigh and limped off)
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Middle English: from Dutch and Low German kork, from Spanish alcorque ‘cork-soled sandal’, from Arabic al- ‘the’ and (probably) Spanish Arabic qurq, qorq, based on Latin quercus ‘oak, cork oak’
[kɔːk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a port town in the south of the Republic of Ireland, on the River Lee; population 190,384 (2006)
- a county of the Republic of Ireland, on the south coast in the province of Munster
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