Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water. · The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material. · A bottle stopper made from this or any other material. · An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo 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.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder.? ▲ Latin cortexder. Mozarabic *kórčo, *kórčeder.? Spanish corchobor. Middle Dutch curcder. Middle English cork English cork From Middle English cork (“oak bark, cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or object)”), either from Spanish corcho (“cork (material or object)”) (also corcha or corche) or from Old Spanish alcorque (“cork sole”). Doublet of cortex.
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