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Cork


Definition:

  • (n.) The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.
  • (n.) A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.
  • (n.) A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.
  • (v. t.) To stop with a cork, as a bottle.
  • (v. t.) To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) So, for example, Cork City's first-leg victory over Apollon Limassol in the first qualifying round of this season's Champions League means one point will be added to the League of Ireland's coefficient next season - but not to Cork's.
  • (2) The tendon is threaded through a hole in the distal phalanx from the dorsal to the palmar side and impacted like a cork to create an immediate strong fixation.
  • (3) He went from minstrel show to blackface, from vaudeville to Broadway before he hit a fabulous prosperity as the most sentimental of all sentimental singers, a poor Russian cantor's son daubed with burnt cork and down on one knee sobbing for the "mammy" he had never known in a south that nobody ever knew.
  • (4) There has been some patching up to do in midfield in recent weeks and that is going to continue for some time, as Morgan Schneiderlin will miss the match against United and Jack Cork, his usual deputy, is out for up to two months.
  • (5) "I think I heard the putt-putt of champagne corks popping in No 11," one Tory said.
  • (6) Apple’s Irish offices are based near Knocknaheeny, an impoverished northern suburb of Cork.
  • (7) This built-in element consists of a drummed (milled) cap reinforced with cast resin, and a cork bedding.
  • (8) So basically, if UK votes to leave, either Northern Ireland joins with Ireland or I’ll have to leave Northern Ireland and move to Dublin, or Cork, or Edinburgh.
  • (9) A cross-sectional study on suberosis was conducted to determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and the level of pulmonary function, and their relationships within job categories of exposure to cork dust, toluene diisocyanate (TDI) resin bonding and conidia, among cork workers.
  • (10) Measurements were made in phantoms containing aluminum or cork inhomogeneities.
  • (11) Various aspects relating to the accuracy of density scaling for air and cork slab inhomogeneities are discussed.
  • (12) By taking art out of the gallery and sticking it up, unannounced, in the street, he fostered the idea that he was returning art to the people, a graphic Robin Hood set against the feudal grip of Mayfair's Cork Street.
  • (13) The cork layer of the potato peel prevents dehydration of the wound and protects against exogenous agents.
  • (14) Some say it's best to bang them against a stone wall or step, others that they should be brined, and others still advocate popping a wine cork into the cooking pot.
  • (15) Later, during the early 1930s, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools, but soon began to spend more time in the galleries in and around Cork Street, only a stone's throw away from academia, and the pre-war powerhouse of the modern spirit.
  • (16) We have preferably employed the so called "inverted graft", while Regnauld, in his recent monography, defines it less satisfactory than the "cork" or "hat" shaped grafts.
  • (17) Photograph: PR We followed her advice, walking down to the stream in search of terrapins and otters, or through clusters of cork oak trees, their branches hairy with lichen like the ancient trees of a fairytale forest.
  • (18) Last weekend, 82,000 people wearing the red and white of Cork or the yellow and blue of Clare watched their heroes play out what many regard as the greatest All-Ireland hurling final.
  • (19) Sandbech, McMorris and Winter X Games champion Max Parrot were among those who threw the much-ballyhooed triple cork, which is three head-over-heels flips considered way more dangerous and athletic and presumed to be the must-have trick to win the first Olympic gold in this sport’s history.
  • (20) The gifted Cork hurler confessed he had “slept better before AI final (All-Ireland)“ than he had on Thursday night.

Uncork


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To draw the cork from; as, to uncork a bottle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In probably his most self-critical judgement, Blair has accepted the west did not foresee the degree to which complex tribal, religious and sectarian tensions would be uncorked once a strong, repressive, all-powerful leader such as Saddam was removed.
  • (2) The onslaught continued three minutes later when Corona uncorked a shot from inside the area that went narrowly wide of the far post.
  • (3) Every evening, she uncorked bottles of white wine, and with disarmingly direct questions – "Deep down, isn't everyone racist, black and white?"
  • (4) After a barrage of shots forced the challenger to the canvas for a third time, Brook closed the show by uncorking a perfectly timed left hand on to Dan’s chin.
  • (5) And so began Guzmán’s wild and bloody and surreal attempt to evade capture, a six-hour chase involving helicopters, sewers, a carjacking and a sex motel which would convulse Los Mochis and uncork, when it was all over, jubilation in Mexico City and Washington.
  • (6) What if they uncork more of the lethal gases whose use triggered intervention in the first place?
  • (7) Okoye uncorked a new British record throw of 68.24m back in May.
  • (8) The concept of the uncorkable liposome composed of phase-separated mixtures of a polymerized phospholipid and an enzymically digestible phospholipid has been investigated, using small unilamellar vesicles composed of mixtures of (polymerized) dienoylphosphatidylcholine (DENPC) and dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC).
  • (9) Come Tuesday they may be uncorking the champagne; but, all else being equal, in years to come they will be crying into their beer.
  • (10) In the bar of the Hotel du Vin, among elegant decor punctuated by row upon row of green and black bottles, all uncorked and drained of champagne and wine, the 46-year-old alcoholic licks his lips and asks for a sparkling water.
  • (11) But he has told friends he still insists that this uncorking of forces in Iraq was so devastating because of the unexpected degree to which malevolent Iranian and al-Qaida forces infiltrated the country stirring up sectarian hatreds.
  • (12) It is concluded that the liposomes, like the monolayers, are phase-mixed, and that uncorkable liposomes cannot be constructed from the phospholipid mixture employed.
  • (13) We ordered lobster and scallops at the self-service hatch, and sat at a picnic table, uncorking a bottle of Californian wine (Rockport is dry, so bring your own) and enjoying a fabulous sunset as our kids played on the rocks.
  • (14) So it was that Emerson found himself a guest on Sean Hannity’s show just last week, as a warm-up of sorts for the mind-boggling inaccuracies he would uncork on Sunday.
  • (15) By the time Nadal uncorked a 110mph service winner down the middle on match point at 11.43pm and throttled his fist to the New York sky, the sense of relief from the Spaniard was as palpable as the humidity that had kept the grounds a sweatbox long after sundown.
  • (16) Updated at 4.35pm BST 4.28pm BST Second set: Djokovic 4-6, 3-1 Nadal* (*denotes server): Better from Nadal, Djokovic unable to uncork credulity-defying shots to order, but from thirtir-love, a forehand goes wide, and then Djokovic absolutely basses a forehand - only for Nadal to retaliate, clinching the game with ball assault illegal in some countries.
  • (17) It is proposed that, until further experimental evidence is produced, the enzymatically uncorkable liposome must be regarded as a theoretical construct.
  • (18) Friends uncorked more wine to digest his explanation that, yes, the staunchly conservative judge Neil Gorsuch would almost certainly be confirmed to the supreme court as Trump’s pick to replace the late Antonin Scalia, even though Barack Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland was stalled by Republicans for nearly a year.

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