the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.

Also called cork oak. the tree itself.

something made of cork.

a piece of cork, rubber, or the like used as a stopper, as for a bottle.

Angling . a small float to buoy up a fishing line or to indicate that a fish is biting.

Also called phellem , suber. Botany . an outer tissue of bark produced by and exterior to the phellogen.

to provide or fit with cork or a cork.

to stop with or as if with a cork (often fol. by up ).

to blacken with burnt cork. ?

blow or pop one's cork

Informal . to lose one's temper; release one's emotional or physical tension.

noun

choke , fill , stop , stopper , bobber , close , float , oak , phellem , plug , seal , shive , spike , stopple

verb

block , choke , clog , close , congest , plug , stop