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cork Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 the light, soft bark (= outer covering) of a Mediterranean tree
- I can't get the cork out of the bottle - can you try?
1 to close a bottle by putting a cork in it:
- I'll cork the bottle and we can drink the rest later.
2 a light material obtained from the bark (= outer layer) of a tree, or a small, soft cylinder of this material that is pushed into the top of a bottle to close it:
- [ C ] The waiter took the cork out of the bottle.

Seasonal variation of foraging niches in a guild of passerine birds in a cork-oak woodland.
The corks of tubes containing alcohol should be covered with paraffin wax to prevent leakage.
A beetle refuge was provided in each miniplot consisting of a square of cork flooring tile (40 x 40 x 5 mm).
The interior of the tube was filled with loosely packed pulverized cork, thereby eliminating natural convection heat transfer to the interior.
A cork borer was used to remove five discs from each leaf, avoiding areas with large veins.
The preparation is now mounted as a mosquito should be, and is fixed by means of the stout pin on a broad cork setting-board.
Once gathered, this sample is corked, labelled and safely archived.
In the mini-plot experiment a section of cork tile was provided as a refuge for the beetles.