cork

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /kɔrk/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /kɔːk/

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Noun

Singular cork

Plural corks

Corks

1. (countable) A cork is a small, round piece of wood which people put in the top of a bottle to close it.

   I took the cork out of the wine bottle with a corkscrew.

2. (uncountable) Cork is a type of wood. It is quite soft and light. It is often used to make corks (sense 1).

Verb

Plain form cork

Third-person singular corks

Past tense corked

Past participle corked

Present participle corking

1. (transitive) If you cork a bottle, you seal it with a cork.
   • Antonym: uncork
2. (transitive) If you cork something, you blacken it with a burnt cork.