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1. Outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
    
2. (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
   - phellem
    
3. The plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
   - bottle cork
    
4. A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
   - bob, bobber, bobfloat

1. Close a bottle with a cork
   - cork up
    
2. Stuff with cork
   "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"

1. A port city in southern Ireland

Sounds like: Cork, calk, caulk

Derived forms: corks, corked, corking

Type of: bark, city, float, metropolis, plant material, plant substance, plug, port, secure, stop up, stopper, stopple, stuff, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Eire, fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland, rig, tackle, wine bottle

Encyclopedia: Cork, John