cork Meaning and Definition

1. n. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

2. n. the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)

3. n. a port city in southern Ireland

4. n. outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.

5. n. (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells

6. v. stuff with cork

7. v. close a bottle with a cork