'Cork' definitions:

Definition of 'cork'

(from WordNet)
noun
Outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
noun
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells [syn: phellem, cork]
noun
A port city in southern Ireland
noun
The plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) [syn: cork, bottle cork]
noun
A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line [syn: bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat]
verb
Close a bottle with a cork [syn: cork, cork up] [ant: uncork]
verb
Stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"

Definition of 'Cork'

From: GCIDE
  • Cork \Cork\ (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. Cortex.]
  • 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox. [1913 Webster]
  • Cork jackets, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming.
  • Cork tree (Bot.), the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cork'

From: GCIDE
  • Cork \Cork\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corked (k[^o]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Corking.]
  • 1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. [1913 Webster]
  • Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points, and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk. [1913 Webster]