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cork
A	noun
	1	bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat
			a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚float ╚bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat
	2	cork
			the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚structure; construction ╚obstruction; obstructor; obstructer; impediment; impedimenta ╚blockage; block; closure; occlusion; stop; stoppage ╚plug; stopper; stopple ╚cork
	3	Cork
			a port city in southern Ireland
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚geographical area; geographic area; geographical region; geographic region ╚urban area; populated area ╚municipality ╚city; metropolis; urban center ╚Cork
	4	cork
			outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚natural object ╚covering; natural covering; cover ╚bark ╚cork
	5	phellem, cork
			(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚natural object ╚covering; natural covering; cover ╚bark ╚phellem, cork
B	verb
	1	cork
			stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚fill; fill up; make full ╚stuff ╚cork
	2	cork, cork up
			close a bottle with a cork
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚better; improve; amend; ameliorate; meliorate ╚repair; mend; fix; bushel; doctor; furbish up; restore; touch on ╚fill ╚close; fill up ╚plug; stop up; secure ╚cork, cork up

Forum discussions with the word(s) "cork" in the title:

"Has the cork popped for them?" - Idiom
cork (n. & adj.)
English proverb: wine, cork and corkscrew
have to keep a cork in

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