cork

A small object pushed into a bottle's opening to close it, often made from light tree bark.

• Pull the cork out.
• The champagne cork flew across the room.
• Where did you put the cork from this bottle?

Similar words: stopper, plug

Common phrases: bottle cork, remove the cork, pop the cork

A light, soft material from the outer covering of certain trees, used for bottle stoppers and other products.

• The floor is made of cork.
• We pinned the photographs to a sheet of cork.
• Workers carefully remove cork from the trees.

Common phrases: cork flooring, cork board, made of cork

To close a bottle by pushing a stopper into its opening.

• Cork the bottle tightly.
• We corked the wine before storing it.
• The machine fills and corks hundreds of bottles an hour.

Similar words: stopper, seal

Opposites: uncork

Common phrases: cork a bottle, cork the wine, cork something tightly

To make a surface black by rubbing it with a burned bottle stopper.

• He corked the wooden surface until it looked black.
• The performer corked his face for the old stage act.
• They used a burned stopper to cork the pale wood.

Similar words: blacken

Common phrases: cork a surface, cork someone's face

To secretly make a baseball bat lighter by hollowing it out and putting light material inside.

• The player corked his bat.
• They discovered he had corked the bat when it broke.
• Did anyone help him cork his baseball bat?

Common phrases: cork a bat, cork someone's bat

To injure a muscle by hitting it, causing painful swelling and bleeding under the skin.

• The tackle corked his thigh.
• She corked her leg when she hit the table.
• An opponent's knee corked his muscle during the match.

Similar words: bruise, contuse

Common phrases: cork someone's thigh, cork a leg