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corkish

US/ˈkɔɹkɪʃ/

corkish adjective: corklike.

Adjective

corkish (comparative more corkish, superlative most corkish)

  1. corklike
    • Taste is faintly minty. Flesh is white to brown bluish in stem. And the external two layers of cap are whitish and dull orange. Mushroom is spongy or corkish in feel and texture.2019, Jim Meuninck, Foraging Mushrooms Washington, page 45

Proper noun capitalized: Corkish

Corkish (plural Corkishes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of corkish

Adjective
comparativemore corkish
superlativemost corkish
Proper noun
pluralCorkishes

Origin of corkish

From cork + -ish.

Words that rhyme with corkish

Questions about corkish

What does corkish mean?
Corkish means corklike.
What part of speech is corkish?
Corkish can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce corkish?
Corkish is pronounced /ˈkɔɹkɪʃ/ (US).

Words near corkish in the dictionary

  1. corking up
  2. corkingest
  3. corkingly
  4. Corkins
  5. corkir
  6. corkish
  7. Corkishes
  8. corkite
  9. corkless
  10. corklike
  11. corkline

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