1. (

• cork

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

2. (

• phellem ,
• cork ,

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

3. (

• Cork

) a port city in southern Ireland ;

4. (

• cork ,
• bottle_cork

) the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) ;

5. (

• bob ,
• bobber ,
• cork ,
• bobfloat

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

1. (

• cork ,
• cork_up

) close a bottle with a cork ;

2. (

• cork

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