CORK


Meaning of CORK in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. the buoyant light-brown bark of the cork-oak.

2 a bottle-stopper of cork or other material.

3 a float of cork used in fishing etc.

4 Bot. a protective layer of dead cells immediately below the bark of woody plants.

5 (attrib.) made of cork.

--v.tr. (often foll. by up)

1. stop or confine.

2 restrain (feelings etc.).

3 blacken with burnt cork.

Phrases and idioms:

cork-oak a S. European oak, Quercus suber. cork-tipped Brit. (of a cigarette) having a filter of corklike material.

Derivatives:

corklike adj.

Etymology: ME f. Du. & LG kork f. Sp. alcorque cork sole, perh. f. Arab.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.