corke
9.9
A light material from the bark of a type of oak tree used to close bottles
- noun
- Archaic
:
corcho
- In the old text, the bottle was stopped with a corke instead of a modern cap.
Examples
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The corke was used to seal the ancient wine barrels.
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Historical documents often mention corke as a common material for closures.
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The merchant described the quality of the corke used in sealing barrels.
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He found a piece of corke on the beach.
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In the old text, the bottle was stopped with a corke instead of a modern cap.
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The merchant described the quality of the corke used in sealing barrels.
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Historical documents often mention corke as a common material for closures.
Synonyms
cork
vscorke
8
2.3
The outer bark of certain trees used to make things like bottle stoppers
is an older spelling for the same tree bark material used in products
Surface Forms
Etymology
Corke is an old spelling of cork, the light material taken from the 'bark' of the cork oak tree. It comes from the Latin word cortex, meaning 'bark', so a cork is simply tree 'bark' that people use to stop bottles.