What part of speech is cork?

Cork can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. cork is a verb, present, 1st person singular of cork (infinitive).
  • 2. cork is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. cork is a noun, singular of corks.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does cork mean?

Definitions

Verb

cork - close a bottle with a cork
cork - stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"

Noun

cork - the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
Cork - a port city in southern Ireland
cork - outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
cork - a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
cork - (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells

Examples of cork

#   Sentence  
1. verb The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter.
2. noun wood can vary from cork wood or balsa wood, or press-board, or plywood, and pre-cut 2by4 or slats, you can check home depot or hardware shops for larger pieces,
3. noun Use a well rinsed medicine vial, a cork, new fishing bobber or even a piece of non-crumbly styrofoam to float them.
4. noun The champagne cork popped out.
5. noun The cork would not come out.
6. noun This cork will not come out.
7. noun Alex seemed to learn nouns such as "paper," "key" and "cork," and color names such as "red," "green" and "yellow."
8. noun It was impossible to pull out the cork.
9. noun Tom put the cork back into the wine bottle.
10. noun Tom pulled the cork out of the bottle.
11. noun The easy and practical "wine cork" is used to "reseal" a wine bottle by sucking out air from the bottle and creating a vacuum.
12. noun I believe there's a little cork in that wine.
13. noun This cork refuses to come out.
14. noun He released the cork.
15. noun He removed the cork.
16. noun I've never used this kind of cork screw before.
Sentence  
verb
The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter.
noun
wood can vary from cork wood or balsa wood, or press-board, or plywood, and pre-cut 2by4 or slats, you can check home depot or hardware shops for larger pieces,
Use a well rinsed medicine vial, a cork, new fishing bobber or even a piece of non-crumbly styrofoam to float them.
The champagne cork popped out.
The cork would not come out.
This cork will not come out.
Alex seemed to learn nouns such as "paper," "key" and "cork," and color names such as "red," "green" and "yellow."
It was impossible to pull out the cork.
Tom put the cork back into the wine bottle.
Tom pulled the cork out of the bottle.
The easy and practical "wine cork" is used to "reseal" a wine bottle by sucking out air from the bottle and creating a vacuum.
I believe there's a little cork in that wine.
This cork refuses to come out.
He released the cork.
He removed the cork.
I've never used this kind of cork screw before.

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