CORK

• (noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

  synonyms : bob , bobber , bobfloat

• (noun) the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)

  synonyms : bottle cork

• (noun) a port city in southern Ireland

• (noun) outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.

• (noun) (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells

  synonyms : phellem

• (verb) stuff with cork

  "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"

• (verb) close a bottle with a cork

  synonyms : cork up

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