Cork Synonyms and Antonyms

kôrk
A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. plug
  2. stopper
  3. phellem
  4. bobber
  5. spike
  6. tap
  7. close
  8. float
  9. bob
  10. oak
  11. seal
  12. bung
  13. shive
  14. stop
  15. stopple
  16. bobfloat
Something used to fill a hole, space, or container
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. choke
  2. fill
  3. plug
  4. stop
  5. stopper
The plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bottle cork
To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. block
  2. choke
  3. clog
  4. close
  5. congest
  6. fill
  7. plug
  8. stop
Close a bottle with a cork
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. cork-up
Antonyms:
  1. uncork

Words Related to Cork

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. full
  2. galway
  3. limerick
  4. waterford
  5. kilkenny
  6. dublin

Cork Sentence Examples

  • The river here enters a branch of Cork harbour.

  • The Australian Eucalyptus and Casuarina in great variety, and many other imported trees, including syringas, wattles, acacias, willows, pines, cypress, cork and oak all thrive when properly planted and protected from grass fires.

  • He tried several times to join in the conversation, but his remarks were tossed aside each time like a cork thrown out of the water, and he could not jest with them.

  • He had a bottle in his hand and twisted the cork free with little effort.

  • The layer of cork thus formed cuts out the dead debris and serves to, protect the uninjured cells below.

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