Definition of Corks. Meaning of Corks. Synonyms of Corks

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Definition of Corks

Cork
Cork Cork (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. Cortex.] 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose. 2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork. 3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance. Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox. Cork jackets, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming. Cork tree (Bot.), the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce.

Meaning of Corks from wikipedia

- games in County Cork Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks, a masonic order, also known as "The Cork" Cork City F.C., a football club Cork City W.F.C., a women's...
- made of cork dust and glue, and are dense, inexpensive, and not good for sealing wine for over a year. Technical corks are agglomerated corks with single...
- composed of particles, as in champagne corks; corks made of granular particles are called "agglomerated corks". Natural cork closures are used for about 80%...
- Cork (Irish: Corcaigh [ˈkɔɾˠkəɟ]; from corcach, meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland, third largest on the island of...
- A cork**** is a tool for drawing corks from wine bottles and other household bottles that may be sealed with corks. In its traditional form, a cork****...
- A cork hat is a type of headgear with corks strung from the brim, to ward off insects. Pieces of cork, typically bottle corks, are hung on strings from...
- collectors Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crown corks. Live Counter of produced crown corks U.S. patent 468,226 U.S. patent 468,258 The Crowncap...
- Antient Order of Noble Corks (American usage) or Ancient & Honourable Societas Korcorum Magnae Britanniae (Noble Order of Corks) (English usage), universally...
- environmentalists lament the loss of cork forests to commercial crops such as eucalyptus, advocates of artificial corks claim that "natural corks" are just "granules and...
- ten hexagonal logs of corks, each of which is enclosed in netting and made of tens of cork discs. Each disc contains 127 corks, which are held together...