cork

Plural: corks

Noun

outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
a port city in southern Ireland
the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
The cork oak, Quercus suber.
An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.

Verb

Verb Forms: corked, corking, corks

To stop up or seal with a cork.
close a bottle with a cork
stuff with cork
- "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"
To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.
To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
To fill with cork.
To fill with cork.
To tamper with (a bat) by drilling out part of the head and filling the cavity with cork or similar light, compressible material.
To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.
To block (a street) illegally, to allow a protest or other activity to take place without traffic.
To perform such a maneuver.

Adj

Having the property of a head over heels rotation.

Examples

He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
He tried to cork his opponent’s access to the triple word score on the Scrabble board.
Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.
The vicious tackle corked his leg.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cork (“oak bark, cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or object)”), either from Spanish corcho (“cork (material or object)”) (also corcha or corche) or from Old Spanish alcorque (“cork sole”). Doublet of cortex.

Synonyms

bob, bobber, bobfloat, bottle cork, cork up, phellem

Antonyms

uncork

Scrabble Score: 10

cork: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cork: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cork: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

cork: valid Words With Friends Word