Antonyms for cork
kɔrkcork

Matched Categories

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

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1. corknoun

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

   Antonyms:
   uncork

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

2. phellem, corknoun

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

   Antonyms:
   uncork

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

3. Corknoun

   a port city in southern Ireland

   Antonyms:
   uncork

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

4. cork, bottle corknoun

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

   Antonyms:
   uncork

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

5. bob, bobber, cork, bobfloatverb

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

   Antonyms:
   uncork

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

6. cork, cork upverb

   close a bottle with a cork

   Antonyms:
   uncork

   Synonyms:
   cork up

7. corkverb

   stuff with cork

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

   Antonyms:
   uncork

   Synonyms:
   cork up

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1. corknoun

   Synonyms:
   stopper, stopple, shive

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

How to use cork in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Brad Lima:

   I can recall a time at sea when within one hour we were steady and then tossed around like a cork, i'm not sure he could have avoided this.

3. Mark Zaid:

   When this started to become an issue in November, with the lease provision, I said find me a plaintiff and I ’ll take the case. Scott Rome is a business lawyer in D.C. Rome approached me and said Scott Rome could get some restaurants, they [ restaurants or hotels ] had to have the courage to step up to the plate. Not everyone is willing to do that. A lot of hotels would show interest, and then the CEOs would step away for fear of their shareholders. Cork was brave enough to be the pioneer, and we’re hopeful that others come forward -- not that we need them necessarily.

4. Portuguese proverb:

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

5. Josh Sherman:

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

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