cork

About 3.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
2. noun The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
3. noun A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

   Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.

4. noun An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
5. noun The cork oak, Quercus suber.
6. verb To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
7. verb To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.
8. verb To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.

Similar words

phellem cork up bob bobber bobfloat peanut jam bottleneck cap clog

Often followed by

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Word family

Cork corked corking corks