SCRABBLE ® cheat


cork

Definitions


[kɔːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a buoyant light brown substance obtained from the outer layer of the bark of the cork oak
(e.g: vinyl-coated cork is practical as a floor covering)

- a bottle stopper made of cork or a similar material
(e.g: he pulled out the cork and commenced pouring the wine)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Dutch and Low German kork, from Spanish alcorque ‘cork-soled sandal’, from Arabic al- ‘the’ and (probably) Spanish Arabic qurq, qorq, based on Latin quercus ‘oak, cork oak’


[kɔːk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- close or seal (a bottle) with a cork
(e.g: the bottles were tightly corked and wired)

- draw with burnt cork
(e.g: he had corked a moustache on his upper lip)

- illicitly hollow out (a baseball bat) and fill it with cork to make it lighter
(e.g: the balls are doctored and the bats are corked)

- suffer a painful bruising injury to (a limb) as a result of a heavy blow, especially while participating in a contact sport
(e.g: he corked his thigh and limped off)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Dutch and Low German kork, from Spanish alcorque ‘cork-soled sandal’, from Arabic al- ‘the’ and (probably) Spanish Arabic qurq, qorq, based on Latin quercus ‘oak, cork oak’


[kɔːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a port town in the south of the Republic of Ireland, on the River Lee; population 190,384 (2006)

- a county of the Republic of Ireland, on the south coast in the province of Munster


Phrases:

Origin:




definition by Oxford Dictionaries




The SCRABBLE ® trademark

SCRABBLE ® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game
are owned in the U.S.A. and Canada by Hasbro Inc. and throughout the rest of the world by
J.W. Spear and Sons, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. This site is for entertainment purposes
only and is not sponsored by or affiliated with Hasbro or Mattel Inc. in any way.