| cork | (noun) the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) | Synonyms: bottle cork |
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| (noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line | Synonyms: bob, bobber, bobfloat |
| (noun) outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. | - |
| (noun) (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells | Synonyms: phellem |
| (verb) stuff with cork | - |
| (verb) close a bottle with a cork | Synonyms: cork up |
| corkage | (noun) a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises | - |
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| corkboard | (noun) a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking | - |
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| corked | (adjective) (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin | Synonyms: corky |
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| corker | (noun) a machine that is used to put corks in bottles | - |
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| (noun) (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person | - |
| corking | (adjective) excellent | Synonyms: bang-up, bully, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |
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| corkscrew | (noun) a bottle opener that pulls corks | Synonyms: bottle screw |
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| (verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course | Synonyms: spiral |
| corkwood | (noun) very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood | Synonyms: corkwood tree, Leitneria floridana |
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| corky | (adjective) (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin | Synonyms: corked |
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