| Noun | 1. | cork - outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants | |
| 2. | cork - (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cellsbark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants | |
| 3. | Cork - a port city in southern Irelandcity, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city" port - a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country Eire, Ireland, Irish Free State - a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921 | |
| 4. | cork - the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) | |
| 5. | cork - a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing linefloat - something that remains on the surface of a liquid | |
| Verb | 1. | cork - close a bottle with a corkplug, stop up, secure - fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak" uncork - draw the cork from (bottles); "uncork the French wine" | |
| 2. | cork - stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"stuff - fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"; "The old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermist" | |