cork

/kˈɔɹk/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

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
3. a port city in southern Ireland
4. the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
5. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

verb

1. close a bottle with a cork
2. stuff with cork
   “The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter”

Synonyms for cork

• phellem
• bottle cork
• bob
• bobber
• bobfloat
• cork up

Antonyms of cork

• uncork

Words that rhyme with cork

• fork
• pitchfork
• pork
• uncork
• stork
• torque
• bjork
• borck
• bork
• dorch
• goerke
• horch
• lorch
• moerke
• mork
• nork
• oroark
• roark
• roarke
• rork
• rorke
• rourk
• rourke
• schork
• schwark
• slorc
• sporck
• storch
• storck
• wark