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Definitions for Corking

[1] excellent; fine.
[2] very: a corking good time.
[3] the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
[4] Also called cork oak. the tree itself.
[5] something made of cork.
[6] a piece of cork, rubber, or the like used as a stopper, as for a bottle.
[7] Angling . a small float to buoy up a fishing line or to indicate that a fish is biting.
[8] Also called phellem, suber. Botany . an outer tissue of bark produced by and exterior to the phellogen.
[9] to provide or fit with cork or a cork.
[10] to stop with or as if with a cork (often followed by up ).
[11] to blacken with burnt cork.
[12] (prenominal) British slang excellent
[13] a county of SW Republic of Ireland, in Munster province: crossed by ridges of low mountains; scenic coastline. County town: Cork. Pop: 447 829 (2002). Area: 7459 sq km (2880 sq miles)
[14] a city and port in S Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Cork, at the mouth of the River Lee: seat of the University College of Cork (1849). Pop: 186 239 (2002)
[15] the thick light porous outer bark of the cork oak, used widely as an insulator and for stoppers for bottles, casks, etc
[16] a piece of cork or other material used as a stopper
[17] an angling float
[18] Also called: phellem botany 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
[19] made of cork Related adjective: suberose
[20] to stop up (a bottle, cask, etc) with or as if with a cork; fit with a cork
[21] (often foll by up) to restrain to cork up the emotions
[22] to black (the face, hands, etc) with burnt cork

Words related to Corking

hinder, inhibit, set, bar, lessen, reduce, curb, narrow, specify, define, stifle, suppress, censor, choke, repress, restrain, muffle, squelch, clog, fill

Words nearby Corking

cork-tipped, corkage, corkboard, corked, corker, corking, corkonian, corkscrew, corkscrew flower, corkscrew grass, corkwing

Origin of Corking

1275–1325; Middle English cork(e ) < Arabic qurq < Latin quercus oak

Other words from Corking

re·cork , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Corking

C14: probably from Arabic qurq, from Latin cortex bark, especially of the cork oak

Synonyms for Corking

bar, curb, define, hinder, inhibit, lessen, narrow, reduce, set, specify, appoint, assign, bound, cap, check, circumscribe, constrict, contract, cork, cramp, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, fix, prescribe, ration, restrain, bottle up, draw the line, hem in, keep the lid on