cork
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- noun
- /kɔrk/
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corcho
- Photographs are pinned to a cork board.
- cork flooring
- a cork board
- cork grips
It requires just a few material elements, cork, wax or gum Arabic.
- It requires just a few material elements, cork, wax or gum Arabic.
- It's harvested from live cork oak trees with no done to the tree.
- Philip had this genius idea of lining the walls with cork.
- And he was an asthmatic who lived the last third of his life in a cork roomed, cork roomed cork lined room in Paris.
Examples
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I lifted the butt end out, cradled the sanded cork in my hand.
Fiction book (1994) -
And then the backside has the soft matte cork to protect your countertops.
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Now I have a collection of many keychains on a cork board.
Blog text (9) -
One wall had been covered with cork, and to this were pinned prints in various stages of completion.
Fiction book (1993) -
Nora is alone in Stokes' office, rearranging cards on the giant cork board that displays the network schedule.
Fiction book (2002) -
The wine bottle was sealed with a traditional cork made from the bark of the cork oak.
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He found a cork board on the wall to pin up important reminders for his upcoming projects.
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They chose a stylish table that features a cork finish for a unique look and feel.
Synonyms
A light material from the bark of a type of oak tree used to close bottles
Outer dead layer of a tree's bark that protects the tree from water loss and disease
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cork comes from an old Latin word cortex meaning 'bark', because cork is the thick outer bark of certain trees that people use as a light, soft material.