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cork | cook |

As proper nouns the difference between cork and cook

is that cork is principal city of county cork while cook is .

cork

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) http://photo.pds.org:5004/view/Entry/41541
  • eid8154767 or from Aramaic

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
  • *
  • 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.
  • An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
  • The cork oak, Quercus suber .
  • (botany) The tissue that grows from the cork cambium.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.
  • To blacken (as) with a burnt cork
  • To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
  • To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
    • ''He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
  • (Australia) To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
    • ''The vicious tackle corked his leg.
  • * 2006 , Joseph N. Santamaria, The Education of Dr Joe , page 60,
    • Injuries, which seemed to be of an inconsequential nature, were often sustained, such as a sprained ankle, a dislocated phalanx, a twisted foot, a corked leg and so on.
  • * 2007 , Shaun A. Saunders, Navigating in the New World , page 202,
    • As he moved away again, William winced at an ache in his thigh.
    ‘Must have corked my leg when I got up,’ he thought.
  • * 2008 , Christopher J. Holcroft, Canyon , page 93,
    • “I?m okay. I must have corked my thigh when Bruce fell onto me. I?ll be fine.”
  • * 2010 , Andrew Stojanovski, Dog Ear Cafe , large print 16pt, page 191,
    • Much to my relief he had only corked his leg when he had jumped.
  • * 2010 , , ''Ben Cousins: My Life Story , page 108,
    • I corked my thigh late in the game, which we won, and came off.

    Derived terms

    * corkboard * corker * corking * cork oak * cork off * corkscrew * corkwood * corky * uncork

    Etymology 2

    From the traversal path resembling that of a corkscrew. BBC Sport, "Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (snowboarding) a snowboarding aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.

    • Derived terms

    * double cork (two such maneuvers in a single jump) * triple cork (three such maneuvers in a single jump)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (snowboarding) to perform such a maneuver

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (snowboarding) having the property of a head over heels rotation

    • Anagrams

    *

    References

    cook

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) . The verb is from (etyl) coken, from the noun.

    Noun

    (wikipedia cook) (en noun)
  • (cooking) A person who prepares food for a living.
  • (cooking) The head cook of a manor house
  • (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
    • Police found two meth cooks working in the illicit lab.
  • * Mel Bradshaw, Victim Impact
    • By late October, the pressure on the Dark Arrows' ecstasy cook had eased. Other suppliers had moved in with product.
  • * 2011 , Mackenzie Phillips, High on Arrival
    • Owsley Stanley was a pioneer LSD cook , and the Purple Owsley pill from his now-defunct lab was Dad's prized possession, a rare, potent, druggie collector's item, the alleged inspiration for the Hendrix song “Purple Haze.”
  • A fish, the European striped wrasse.
    • Synonyms
    * (food preparation for a living) chef
    Hyponyms
    * (food preparation for a living) cordon bleu
    Coordinate terms
    (food preparation for a living) * sous-chef * line cook * prep cook * chef (head cook of a manor house) * scullery maid * kitchen maid
    Derived terms
    * cookbook * cookery * cooking * cook the books * cook up * cookware

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
    • I'm cooking bangers and mash.
  • To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
    • He's in the kitchen, cooking .
  • To be being cooked.
    • The dinner is cooking on the stove.
  • (figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
    • Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.
  • (slang) To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
    • ''I always cook my frags, in case they try to grab one and throw it back.
  • To concoct or prepare.
  • * 2006 , Frank Spalding, Methamphetamine: The Dangers of Crystal Meth (page 47)
    • The process of cooking meth can leave residue on surfaces all over the home, exposing all of its occupants to the drug.
  • To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
  • * Addison
    • They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different.
    Synonyms
    * (to be uncomfortably hot) bake, stew * (hold on to a grenade) cook off
    Hypernyms
    * (to prepare or plan something) concoct, contrive, devise, make up, plan, prepare
    Hyponyms
    * Troponyms : bake, barbecue, boil, braise, fry, grill, microwave, poach, roast, scramble, steam, stew * See also

    Etymology 2

    Imitative.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, rare) To make the noise of the cuckoo.
  • * 1599 , The Silkworms
    • Constant cuckoos cook on every side.

    Etymology 3

    Unknown.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) To throw.
  • * Grose
    • Cook me that ball.
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