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cork
cork
I. cork1 /kɔːk $ kɔːrk/ noun [date : 1200-1300; Origin : Probably from Arabic qurq, from Latin cortex; ⇨ cortex] 1. [UNCOUNTABLE] the bark (=outer part) of a tree from southern Europe and North Africa, used to make things: ▪ a cork bulletin board
2. [COUNTABLE] a long round piece of cork or plastic which is put into the top of a bottle, especially a wine bottle, to keep liquid inside • • • THESAURUS ▪cover something that is put on or over something else to protect it, for example a piece of metal, plastic, or glass : ▪ a manhole cover ▪ the cover that goes over the barbecue ▪covering a layer of something, or a sheet of something, that covers something else : ▪ There was light covering of snow on the ground. ▪ The hard shell acts as a protective covering. ▪ the cloth coverings on the altar ▪lid a cover for a container such as a pan or a box : ▪ the lid of the box ▪ a saucepan lid ▪top/cap the thing that you put on top of a bottle, tube, or pen, in order to prevent the liquid or other things inside from coming out : ▪ I can’t find the cap for the pen. ▪ Put the top back on the milk! ▪ the cap that goes on the toothpaste ▪cork the top part that you put on top of a bottle of wine : ▪ Can you take off the cork for me? ▪wrapping (also wrap especially American English) a sheet of paper, plastic etc that is put around something in order to cover or protect it : ▪ John tore the wrapping off his presents. ▪ The lamp was still in its wrapping. ▪wrapper a piece of paper or plastic that is put around something you buy, especially a small object : ▪ Put the candy wrappers in your pocket. ▪ He took the drinking straw out of its wrapper.
II. cork2 verb [TRANSITIVE] to close a bottle by blocking the hole at the top tightly with a long round piece of cork or plastic OPP uncork
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS NOUN champagne ▪ The champagne corks popped but then the reporter told us the house had been repossessed. ▪ Others barely notice the baskets of warm toast, the crisp bacon and popping champagne corks. ▪ No sooner had the excitement died down in Coventry than champagne corks were popping at Courtaulds Fibres in Grimsby. ▪ At the NoS offices the champagne corks had been popping. ▪ The noises of men talking and laughing and the sound of champagne corks popping filter out into the corridor. ▪ And the champagne corks were popping as Kirkby's latest housing co-operative celebrated its success. ▪ Yet no one is popping champagne corks. VERB pop ▪ Simultaneous popping of corks and champagne all round. ▪ Others barely notice the baskets of warm toast, the crisp bacon and popping champagne corks. ▪ Yet no one is popping champagne corks. ▪ He came back, enthusiastically popped the cork and poured two glasses of the fizzy wine. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Announcement of the awards set champagne corks popping. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He was twiddling a piece of cork and sucking on his empty pipe. ▪ Hebron is a cork in the bottle. ▪ In 1939, leather was scarce so Magli introduced cork, fabric, velvet, fiber and wood to his shoes. ▪ In the living room, a cork or two popped, releasing a stinging whistle of pressure into the air. ▪ Once you take the cork out, hopefully other things will start to flow. ▪ Open the wine, lucky you've got a vacuum cork. ▪ Out with the corks of the wine, assuming you haven't done so already, and empty it into a saucepan.
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