cork
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
Types & categories
- bark hypernym
- plant material hypernym
Related & opposite
- cork derivation
Sense 2 verb
close a bottle with a cork
Types & categories
- plug hypernym
Related & opposite
- uncork antonym
- bottle cork derivation
- corker derivation
- cork derivation
Sense 3 noun
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
Types & categories
- bark hypernym
Related & opposite
- phytology domain topic
Sense 4 verb
stuff with cork
The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter
Types & categories
- stuff hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
Types & categories
- plug hypernym
Parts & wholes
- wine bottle part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
Types & categories
- float hypernym
Parts & wholes
- fishing gear member holonym
Related & opposite
- bob derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cork |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bark |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant material |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | uncork |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bottle cork |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | corker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cork |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plug |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phytology |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bark |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | stuff |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | cork |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | corked |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | wine bottle |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | plug |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bob |
| 6 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | fishing gear |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | float |