cork
English Thesaurus
1. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | float, |
| definition | : | something that floats on the surface of water (noun.artifact) |
2. the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | plug, stopper, stopple, |
| definition | : | blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | wine bottle, |
| definition | : | a bottle for holding wine (noun.artifact) |
3. a port city in southern Ireland (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | city, metropolis, urban center, |
| definition | : | a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location) |
| instance hypernym | : | port, |
| definition | : | a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | eire, ireland, irish republic, republic of ireland, |
| definition | : | a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921 (noun.location) |
4. outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | bark, |
| definition | : | tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants (noun.plant) |
5. (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | bark, |
| definition | : | tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants (noun.plant) |
| domain category | : | botany, phytology, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies plants (noun.cognition) |
6. stuff with cork (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | stuff, |
| definition | : | fill tightly with a material (verb.change) |
7. close a bottle with a cork (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | plug, secure, stop up, |
| definition | : | fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug (verb.contact) |
8. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | bob, |
| definition | : | move up and down repeatedly (verb.motion) |
9. the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | cork, cork up, |
| definition | : | close a bottle with a cork (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | corked, corky, |
| definition | : | (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin (adj.all) |
10. outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | cork, cork up, |
| definition | : | close a bottle with a cork (verb.contact) |
11. close a bottle with a cork (verb.contact)
| antonym | : | uncork, |
| definition | : | draw the cork from (bottles) (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | bottle cork, cork, |
| definition | : | the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | corker, |
| definition | : | a machine that is used to put corks in bottles (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | cork, |
| definition | : | outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. (noun.substance) |
12. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | bob, |
| definition | : | move up and down repeatedly (verb.motion) |
13. the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | cork, cork up, |
| definition | : | close a bottle with a cork (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | corked, corky, |
| definition | : | (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin (adj.all) |
14. outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | cork, cork up, |
| definition | : | close a bottle with a cork (verb.contact) |
15. close a bottle with a cork (verb.contact)
| antonym | : | uncork, |
| definition | : | draw the cork from (bottles) (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | bottle cork, cork, |
| definition | : | the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | corker, |
| definition | : | a machine that is used to put corks in bottles (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | cork, |
| definition | : | outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. (noun.substance) |
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