1. Noun
The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.
2. Noun
A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.
3. Noun
A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.
4. Verb
To stop with a cork, as a bottle.
5. Verb
To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
6. Noun
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
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