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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026cork•ing /ˈkɔrkɪŋ/USA pronunciation
Informal.adj.
- Informal Termsexcellent;
fine:a corking adventure movie.
adv.
- Informal Termsvery;
extremely:a corking good time.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026cork•ing
(kôr′king),USA pronunciation [Informal.]adj.
- Informal Termsexcellent;
fine.
adv.
- Informal Termsvery:a corking good time.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026cork /kɔrk/USA pronunciation
n.
- [uncountable]
- Botanya layer of dead tissue below the bark in woody plants.
- Plant Biologythe thick, lightweight layer of wood of a Mediterranean oak used for making floats, stoppers for bottles, etc.
- [countable] a piece of cork, rubber, or the like used as a stopper.
v.
- to close or stop up (something with an opening, such as a bottle) with or as if with a cork:[~ (+ up) + object]She corked (up) the bottle.
- to control (one's emotions) tightly:[~ + up + object]He's corked up all his feelings of rage.
Idioms
- Idioms, Informal Terms blow or pop one's cork, Informal. to lose one's temper:blew his cork when he saw the expense accounts.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026cork
(kôrk),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologythe outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- Plant BiologyAlso called cork oak. the tree itself.
- something made of cork.
- a piece of cork, rubber, or the like used as a stopper, as for a bottle.
- Sport[Angling.]a small float to buoy up a fishing line or to indicate that a fish is biting.
- BotanyAlso called phellem, suber. an outer tissue of bark produced by and exterior to the phellogen.
- blow or pop one's cork, [Informal.]to lose one's temper;
release one's emotional or physical tension.
v.t.
- to provide or fit with cork or a cork.
- to stop with or as if with a cork (often fol. by up).
- to blacken with burnt cork.
- Latin quercus oak
- Arabic qurq
- Middle English cork(e) 1275–1325
- Place Namesa county in Munster province, in S Republic of Ireland. 266,019;
2881 sq. mi. (7460 sq. km).
- Place Namesa seaport in and the county seat of Cork, in the S part. 136,344.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cork /kɔːk/ n - the thick light porous outer bark of the cork oak, used widely as an insulator and for stoppers for bottles, casks, etc
- a piece of cork or other material used as a stopper
- an angling float
- Also called: phellem a protective layer of dead impermeable cells on the outside of the stems and roots of woody plants, produced by the outer layer of the cork cambium
adj - made of cork
Related adjective(s): suberose
vb (transitive)- to stop up (a bottle, cask, etc) with or as if with a cork; fit with a cork
- (often followed by up) to restrain
- to black (the face, hands, etc) with burnt cork
Etymology: 14th Century: probably from Arabic qurq, from Latin cortex bark, especially of the cork oakˈcorkˌlike adj
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