Synonym: Cork, bob, bobber, bobfloat, bottle cork, cork up, phellem. Similar words: corkscrew, fork, work, pork, forked, at work, stork, fork out. Meaning: [kɔːk] n. 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 3. a port city in southern Ireland 4. the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) 5. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line. v. 1. close a bottle with a cork 2. stuff with cork.
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(61) You can have your cork engraved with names and dates.
(62) A fair swell was running, and the boat bobbed up and down like a cork on the surface.
(63) Kelly poured himself another glass of wine and jammed the cork back into the bottle.
(64) But the financial press was premature in reporting Cork Gully's appointment as liquidator.
(65) Kate's old basement apartment was gutted, painted white, covered with cork pinboard and transformed into Toby's office.
(66) This acts like a cork in a bottle[Sentencedict.com ], stopping the borrow and preventing any attack on the soft flesh beneath it.
(67) The burnt cork was there and a small dish of water and a piece of cheesecloth.
(68) Cork, wish to place on record our disgust and concern at the continuing objection to the establishment of this plant.
(69) Two children found dead on ferry Two children have been found dead from asphyxiation on board a ferry crossing from Swansea to Cork.
(70) In 1939, leather was scarce so Magli introduced cork, fabric, velvet, fiber and wood to his shoes.
(71) Bottles should be laid on their sides with the wine keeping the cork moist.
(72) Florida was always either going under or bobbing to the surface, and a smart man had to be a loose cork.
(73) In the living room, a cork or two popped, releasing a stinging whistle of pressure into the air.
(74) The specter, north and south, of the black face, real and corporeal, owing nothing to burnt cork.
(75) Although he is the son of a Cork cattle dealer, he spent his first few years after school travelling the world.
(76) One smaller Catalan industry, cork, was more consistent in its growth because it held a monopoly of raw material.
(77) When he died in June from cancer, investigators from Liquidators Cork Gulley were called in and soon smelt a rat.
(78) I cherish his and your friendship, and I can say in all sincerity that Cork would be the poorer without you.
(79) Once you take the cork out, hopefully other things will start to flow.
(80) Apanage deftly drew the bottle away from the empty net and inserted a magical cork into its neck.
(81) Then it was all over, when Smith was bowled over by Cork.
(82) Anaesthetised mice were placed supine on cork boards and steadied by elastic bands around the four limbs.
(83) The series was moved to Cork from its usual four-year cycle to suit the occasion.
(84) Quakers broke out of defence, Cork laying the ball off to give Gaughan a clear run on goal.
(85) Today it is the home of John and Hazel Cork who renovated it after years of neglect and a serious fire.
(86) He was twiddling a piece of cork and sucking on his empty pipe.
(87) Cork now has a month's breathing space to consider how best to distribute the companies' funds to creditors.
(88) Hearing the sound of a cork popping, Aunt Tossie drained her glass in readiness for Twomey's round.
(89) One floats at the water surface and is tied to a piece of cork.
(90) She plugged a cork in the wine bottle.