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- Dictionarycork/kɔːk/
noun
- 1. a buoyant light brown substance obtained from the outer layer of the bark of the cork oak: "vinyl-coated cork is practical as a floor covering"
- 2. a bottle stopper made of cork or a similar material: "he pulled out the cork and commenced pouring the wine"
verb
- 1. close or seal (a bottle) with a cork: "the bottles were tightly corked and wired"
- 2. draw with burnt cork: "he had corked a moustache on his upper lip"
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Jun 25, 2024 · a port city in southern Ireland.
3 days ago · Blackface is the practice of performers using burnt cork or theatrical makeup to portray a caricature of black people on stage or in entertainment. Scholarship on the origins or definition of blackface vary with some taking a global perspective that includes European culture and Western colonialism.
4 days ago · A quark ( / kwɔːrk, kwɑːrk /) is a type of elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter. Quarks combine to form composite particles called hadrons, the most stable of which are protons and neutrons, the components of atomic nuclei. [1] . All commonly observable matter is composed of up quarks, down quarks and electrons.
Jun 20, 2024 · The cork cambium primarily produces a single cell type, the cork cells; however, the walls may be thick or thin. Birch bark peels because it has alternating layers of thick- and thin-walled cork cells.
Jun 29, 2024 · South-West Irish English (often known, by specific county, as Cork English, Kerry English, or Limerick English) also features two major defining characteristics of its own. One is the pin–pen merger: the raising of dress to [ɪ] when before /n/ or /m/ (as in again or pen).
4 days ago · Cork, seaport and seat of County Cork, in the province of Munster, Ireland. It is located at the head of Cork Harbour on the River Lee. Cork is, after Dublin, the Irish republic’s second largest conurbation.
Jun 13, 2024 · Cork is the phellem layer of the bark and consists of irregularly shaped, thin-walled cells that have a coating of wax which makes them almost impermeable. Cork makes the peeling bark of many trees but it is not vital to the tree's survival and function. It's only noticeable function is to protect the tree from unsuitable conditions.
