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Meaning of cork

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cork
      n 1: outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles
           etc.
      2: (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead
         cells [syn: {phellem}, {cork}]
      3: a port city in southern Ireland
      4: the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
         [syn: {cork}, {bottle cork}]
      5: a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing
         line [syn: {bob}, {bobber}, {cork}, {bobfloat}]
      v 1: close a bottle with a cork [syn: {cork}, {cork up}] [ant:
           {uncork}]
      2: stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with
         cork to make it lighter"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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