corks

Noun (1)

cork (countable and uncountable, plural corks)

1. (uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.

   Synonyms:

   phellem

   1. The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
      • I confess my confidence was shaken by these actions, though I knew well enough that his leg was no more cork than my own1908, Edwin George Pinkham, Fate's a fiddler, page 108
2. A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
   • Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.
3. An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
4. The cork oak, Quercus suber.

Noun (2)

cork (plural corks)

1. An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.

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