Cork - Definition

n 1: outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles
etc.
2: (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead
cells [syn: phellem, cork]
3: a port city in southern Ireland
4: the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
[syn: cork, bottle cork]
5: a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing
line [syn: bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat]
v 1: close a bottle with a cork [syn: cork, cork up] [ant:
uncork]
2: stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with
cork to make it lighter"