cork : Idioms & Phrases
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bottle cork
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noun the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
cork.
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chinese cork oak
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noun medium to large deciduous tree of China, Japan, and Korea having thick corky bark
Quercus variabilis.
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cork fossil
Cork" fos`sil
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(Min.) A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork.
Webster 1913
cork jacket
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noun life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design
life jacket; cork jacket; life vest.
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Cork jackets
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noun life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design
life jacket; cork jacket; life vest.
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- a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming.
Webster 1913
cork oak
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noun medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork
Quercus suber.
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Cork tree
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noun deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark
Phellodendron amurense.
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noun prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood
Erythrina vespertilio.
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(Bot.) , the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce.
Webster 1913
cork up
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verb close a bottle with a cork
cork.
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corking pin
Cork"ing pin`
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A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. Obs. Swift.
Webster 1913
Fossil cork , flax , paper , ∨ wood
- varieties of amianthus.
Webster 1913
Mountain cork
(Min.) , a variety of asbestus, resembling cork in its texture.
Webster 1913
Rock cork
(Min.) , a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
Webster 1913
Velvet cork
- the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous.
