Words / B2

KORK/kɔːk/

Cork is a light, waterproof material from the bark of the cork oak; also a stopper made from it: a cork stopper; cork flooring. Bung and stopper are close twins for the plug; bark is the broader plant tissue. Cork in the materials test still needs density. Mix-up: cork vs pork; Cork (the Irish city/county); do not write cork for a wine slogan with no density or named oak.

Meaning

A light, waterproof material from the bark of the cork oak; also a stopper made from it.

Examples

• “Cork in the materials test still needs density, not a wine slogan.”
• “Cork the city featured in the migration case, which is the place-name sense — still name the census year.”

Good to know

a cork stopper; cork oak / flooring; corked wine (fault). Close: bung / stopper. Place: Cork. Trap: pork. Science, geography, and food tests. Bark material or a bottle stopper — quote density or the place.

Near in meaning

stopper, bung, bark

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