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Added 9 October 2026

cork

/kɔɹk/ noun

In Latin: sūber Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cork at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells.
A port city in southern Ireland.

verb

Close a bottle with a cork.
Stuff with cork.
The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter

Origin

From Middle English cork (“oak bark, cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or object)”), either from Spanish corcho (“cork (material or object)”) (also corcha or corche) or from Old Spanish alcorque (“cork sole”). Doublet of cortex.

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