cork

bouchon

Petite pièce, souvent en liège, qu’on enfonce dans le goulot d’une bouteille pour la fermer.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : stopper, plug

Expressions courantes : bottle cork, remove the cork, pop the cork

liège

Matière légère et souple provenant de l’écorce de certains arbres, utilisée pour des bouchons et d’autres objets.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : cork flooring, cork board, made of cork

boucher

Fermer une bouteille en enfonçant un bouchon dans son goulot.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : stopper, seal

Contraires : uncork

Expressions courantes : cork a bottle, cork the wine, cork something tightly

noircir au bouchon brûlé

Rendre une surface noire en la frottant avec un bouchon de liège brûlé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : blacken

Expressions courantes : cork a surface, cork someone's face

remplir une batte de liège

Alléger secrètement une batte de baseball en la creusant et en la remplissant de liège ou d’un autre matériau léger.

En anglais simple : 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?

Expressions courantes : cork a bat, cork someone's bat

contusionner, meurtrir

Blesser un muscle par un coup, causant un gonflement douloureux et un saignement sous la peau.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : bruise, contuse

Expressions courantes : cork someone's thigh, cork a leg