pertaining to the cork-oak
ADJ
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English Definitions
cork
N
outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
cork
N
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
N
a port city in southern Ireland
cork
N
the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
cork
N
a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
cork
V
close a bottle with a cork
N
life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design
cork oak
N
medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork
N
deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark
cork tree
N
prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood
V
close a bottle with a cork
N
a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises
N
a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking
(of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin
corker
N
(dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person
corker
N
a machine that is used to put corks in bottles
corkscrew
N
a bottle opener that pulls corks
corkscrew
V
move in a spiral or zigzag course
N
perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
N
very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood
N
coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order
corkwood tree
N
very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood
corky
(of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin
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