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The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.

A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

Example: Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.

An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.

The cork oak, Quercus suber.

To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.

To blacken (as) with a burnt cork

To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.

To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.

Example: He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.

An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.

To perform such a maneuver.

Having the property of a head over heels rotation.