Synonyms for cork
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1. corknoun

   outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.

   Synonyms:
   bobber, bobfloat, bob, bottle cork, phellem

   Antonyms:
   uncork

2. phellem, corknoun

   (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells

   Synonyms:
   bobfloat, bobber, bob, bottle cork, phellem

   Antonyms:
   uncork

3. Corknoun

   a port city in southern Ireland

   Synonyms:
   bobber, bobfloat, bob, bottle cork, phellem

   Antonyms:
   uncork

4. cork, bottle corknoun

   the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)

   Synonyms:
   bobber, bobfloat, bob, bottle cork, phellem

   Antonyms:
   uncork

5. bob, bobber, cork, bobfloatverb

   a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

   Synonyms:
   bobsled, bobfloat, bottle cork, phellem, dock, bobsleigh, shilling, bobber, bob, bobtail

   Antonyms:
   uncork

6. cork, cork upverb

   close a bottle with a cork

   Synonyms:
   cork up

   Antonyms:
   uncork

7. corkverb

   stuff with cork

   "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"

   Synonyms:
   cork up

   Antonyms:
   uncork

Matched Categories

1. • Bark
   • Botany
   • City
   • Plant Material
   • Port
   • Stuff

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corknoun

   Synonyms:
   bark of the quercus suber, or cork-tree

2. corknoun

   Synonyms:
   stopple or stopper (made of cork)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corknoun

   Synonyms:
   stopper, stopple, shive

   Associated words:
   cloop, phelloplastics, phelloplastic, subereous, suberin, phellogen

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "cork":

   liège, stopper, plug

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How to use cork in a sentence?

1. Josh Sherman:

   I don’t think you can put that cork back in the bottle.

2. Emma Tinker:

   Amazon's long-term commitment to procure 100 % of the power from our wind farms in Cork, Donegal, and Galway enabled Invis to finance these projects and build them without the need for government subsidies, saving energy consumer tens of millions of euros, these projects represent a significant proportion of wind projects in construction in Ireland today, and support jobs and investment in this critical sector as the country moves towards meeting 80 % of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

3. Portuguese proverb:

   Eucalyptus trees are for us, pine trees for our children, and cork trees are for our grandchildren

4. Paul Linehan:

   We’re bringing Annie Moore back to Cork, this is the first time, in a sense, that we’ll have the opportunity to celebrate her and to acknowledge her in our hometown, and have a gathering in her honor.

5. W. C. Fields:

   Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.