cork
verb/kɔːk/
/kɔːrk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cork | /kɔːk/ /kɔːrk/ |
| he / she / it corks | /kɔːks/ /kɔːrks/ |
| past simple corked | /kɔːkt/ /kɔːrkt/ |
| past participle corked | /kɔːkt/ /kɔːrkt/ |
| -ing form corking | /ˈkɔːkɪŋ/ /ˈkɔːrkɪŋ/ |
- cork something to close a bottle with a cork opposite uncorkWord OriginMiddle English: from Dutch and Low German kork, from Spanish alcorque ‘cork-soled sandal’, from Arabic al- ‘the’ and (probably) Spanish Arabic qurq, qorq, based on Latin quercus ‘oak, cork oak’.
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