English Dictionary

cork

IPA（発音記号）

/kɔɹk/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

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

日本語の意味

コルク樹皮：コルクオークの樹皮から得られる、非常に軽く多孔質な天然素材。 / コルク材：主に瓶の栓、浮き、断熱材などに利用される素材。

I sealed the homemade limoncello with a cork to keep it fresh.

自家製のリモンチェッロは、新鮮さを保つために、コルクガシの樹皮で作られた栓で封をしました。

意味（1）

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

I confess my confidence was shaken by these actions, though I knew well enough that his leg was no more cork than my own

意味（2）

A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

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

意味（3）

An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.

意味（4）

The cork oak, Quercus suber.

意味（5）

(botany) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.

corks （ plural ）