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{{wikipedia|Cork (material)}}
{{also|Cork}}
==English==
[[Image:ChampagneCorksLarge.jpg|thumb|Champagne corks (noun sense 2)]]

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|cork||lang=enm|oak bark", "cork}}, probably from {{etyl|ar|en}} {{term|كورك||sc=Arab|lang=ar|tr=kurk}}, from {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|quercus||lang=la|oak}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en-us-cork.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{rhymes|ɔː(r)k}}

===Noun===
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# {{uncountable}} The [[bark]] of the [[cork oak]], which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
#* {{quote-book|title=Fate's a fiddler|page=108|author=Edwin George Pinkham|year=1908|passage=I confess my confidence was shaken by these actions, though I knew well enough that his leg was no more '''cork''' than my own}}
# 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.
# An [[angling]] [[float]], also traditionally made of oak cork.
# The [[cork oak]].

====Translations====
{{trans-top|bark of the cork oak}}
* Arabic: {{Arab|[[فلين|فِلّين]]}} (fillīn) {{m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|корк|m}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[suro]] {{m}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|korek|m}}
* Danish: {{t-|da|kork|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kurk}}, [[kurklaag]]; ''corresponding to English attributive use, meaning ‘made of cork’:'' {{t-|nl|kurken}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korkki}}; ''corresponding to English attributive use, meaning ‘made of cork’:'' {{t|fi|korkkinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|liège|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kork|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|φελλός|m|tr=fellós}}
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* Italian: s. m. [[sughero]]
* Latvian: {{t|lv|korķis|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|kamštis|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|kork|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|korek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cortiça|f}}
* Romanian: {{t-|ro|plută}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пробка|f|tr=próbka}}; ''corresponding to English attributive use, meaning ‘made of cork’:'' {{t|ru|пробковый|tr=próbkovyj|sc=Cyrl}}
* Serbian: {{t-|sr|pluta|f}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|corcho|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kork|c}}
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{{trans-top|bottle stopper}}
* Arabic: {{Arab|[[فلينة|فِلّينة]]}} (''fillīna'') {{f}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|խցան|tr=xc’an}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|корк|m}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t-|ca|tap|m}}
* Chinese: [[椊]] (''zuó'')
* Czech: {{t-|cs|zátka|f}}
* Danish: {{t-|da|prop|c}}, {{t|da|korkprop|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kurk}}, [[stop]], [[stopsel]] {{n}}
* Esperanto: {{t-|eo|korko|xs=Esperanto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korkki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|bouchon|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stöpsel|m}}, {{t+|de|Kork|m}}, {{t|de|Korken|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|φελλός|m|tr=fellós}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|שעם|tr=sha'am}}, {{t-|he|פקק|tr=p'kak}}
* [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|korko|xs=Ido}}
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* Italian: {{t-|it|turacciolo|m}}
* Japanese: [[コルク栓]] (''koruku-sen'')
* {{trreq|ko}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv| korķis|m}}, {{t|lv|aizbāznis|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|kamštis|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|kork|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|korek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|rolha|f}}
* Romanian: {{t-|ro|dop|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пробка|f|tr=''próbka''}}
* Serbian: [[pampur]] {{m}}, [[zapušač]] {{m}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|corcho|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kork|c}}
* [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|koegabuon}}
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{{trans-top|angling float}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|koho}}
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* Norwegian: {{t|no|dupp|m}}
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===Verb===
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# {{transitive}} To [[seal]] or stop up, especially with a cork [[stopper]].
# {{transitive}} To [[blacken]] (as) with a [[burnt]] cork
# To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to [[uncork]] it.
# {{slang}} To be [[quiet]].
#: ''He was so loud I told him to '''cork''' it.
# To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball [[bat]].
#: ''He '''corked''' his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
# {{transitive|Australia}} To [[injure]] through a [[blow]]
#: ''The vicious tackle corked his leg.

{{trans-top|to seal with a stopper, especially with cork}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|korkittaa}}
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* [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|koegabuonön}}
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{{trans-top|to blacken as with a burnt cork}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|mustata}}, {{t|fi|noeta}}
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{{trans-top|to leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it}}
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{{trans-top|slang: to be quiet}}
* Finnish: [[pitää#Finnish|pitää]] [[turpa#Finnish|turpansa]] {{t|fi|kiinni}}
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{{trans-top|to fill with cork}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|korkittaa}}
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{{trans-top|to injure through a blow}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|korkata}}
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===Derived terms===
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* [[corkboard]]
* [[corker]]
* [[corking]]
* [[cork oak]]
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* [[corkscrew]]
* [[corkwood]]
* [[corky]]
* [[uncork]]
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===Anagrams===
* [[rock#English|rock]], [[Rock#English|Rock]]

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