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What does cork mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
  2. A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
  3. An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
  4. The cork oak, Quercus suber.
  5. (botany) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants
Verb
  1. (transitive) To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
  2. (transitive) To blacken (as) with a burnt cork
  3. To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
  4. To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
  5. (transitive, Australia) To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
Noun
  1. (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
Verb
  1. (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) To perform such a maneuver.
Adjective
  1. (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) Having the property of a head over heels rotation.
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