Definizione monolingua

cork

cork (third-person singular simple present corks, present participle corking, simple past and past participle corked)

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. (slang) To be quiet.

   He was so loud I told him to cork it.

5. To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.

   He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.

6. (transitive, Australian) To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.

   The vicious tackle corked his leg.

   • 2006, Joseph N. Santamaria, The Education of Dr Joe, page 60,

     Injuries, which seemed to be of an inconsequential nature, were often sustained, such as a sprained ankle, a dislocated phalanx, a twisted foot, a corked leg and so on.

   • 2007, Shaun A. Saunders, Navigating in the New World, page 202,

     As he moved away again, William winced at an ache in his thigh.

     ‘Must have corked my leg when I got up,’ he thought.

   • 2008, Christopher J. Holcroft, Canyon, page 93,

     “I?m okay. I must have corked my thigh when Bruce fell onto me. I?ll be fine.”

   • 2010, Andrew Stojanovski, Dog Ear Cafe, large print 16pt, page 191,

     Much to my relief he had only corked his leg when he had jumped.

   • 2010, Ben Cousins, Ben Cousins: My Life Story, page 108,

     I corked my thigh late in the game, which we won, and came off.

cork (countable and uncountable; plural corks)

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.
   • 1908, Edwin George Pinkham, Fates a fiddler, page 108:

     I confess my confidence was shaken by these actions, though I knew well enough that his leg was no more cork than my own

2. A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

   Snobs feel its hard to call it wine with a straight face, when the cork is made of plastic.

3. An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
4. The cork oak.
5. (botany) The tissue that grows from the cork cambium.

Definizione dizionario cork

	sughero
	bark of the cork oak
	Corteccia della sughera utilizzata per fabbricare isolanti, tappi per le bottiglie, galleggianti.
	The thick light porous outer bark of the cork oak, used widely as an insulator and for stoppers for bottles, casks, etc.

	turacciolo
	bottle stopper
	Conical or cylindrical-shaped object that is pushed in the bottleneck of a bottle to stop it up.

tappo

tappare

tappo di sughero

turare

Altri significati:

To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.

(slang) To be quiet.

(transitive) To blacken (as) with a burnt cork

angling float

(transitive) To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.

(to) cork

Made from, or consisting of, cork.

To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.

(transitive, Australian) To injure through a blow

An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork

(uncountable) The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and is very good for making bottle stoppers and insulation material.

A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.