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Significats de cork en anglès

portuguès
rolha
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tap de suro
espanyol
corcho

Conical or cylindrical-shaped plug that is pushed in the bottleneck of a (wine) bottle to stop it up.

tap de suro

A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line.

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Examples for "stopper"
Examples for "stopper"
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Also read: Brilliant Khuzwayo: Agent reveals shot-stopper is close to joining Pirates
The South African
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Another says, I was surprised by how well this draft stopper works.
NY Magazine
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Not infrequently one end of the handle terminated in a tobacco stopper.
Chats on Household Curios
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The seaman stationed at the stopper obeyed, and down went the anchor.
The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
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And he filled the bottle with water and put back the stopper.
Seven O'Clock Stories
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I was warned to bring a wine bottle cork.
The Irish Times
2
Shave out a small stopper from a bottle cork for the large end of the quill.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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Her searching knocked a wine bottle cork to the floor, and it bounced into a corner.
Mysterious Skin
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You know what a good thing; I made out of the bottle corks.
The Man Without a Country, and Other Tales
5
I am glad to notice, too, that you keep your specimen wet, and your bottle corked.'
Louis Agassiz as a Teacher; illustrative extracts on his method ...
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An improved bottle stopper has been patented by Mr. Andrew Walker, of Cincinnati, O.
Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 /...
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Now, some 70 percent of all cork produced is used to make wine bottle stoppers.
Reuters
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I'm talking about pretty little blond blue-eyed women like you see on carved bottle stoppers.
Winter’s Tale
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Some of the best buys include wood turner Matt Jones's bottle stoppers and Ian Carty's horse-hair ceramics.
The Irish Times
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Cork obtains the qualities needed for the production of wine bottle stoppers -its main application -only after the third harvesting.
Reuters

(Botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells.

Close a bottle with a cork.

Ús de cork en anglès
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I always have thick boots;- Iamvery particular about that;-andcork soles.
The Prime Minister
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On the evening of the tenth day Burns put in the cork.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
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Putting the cork in the bottle, he threw it upon the ground.
The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army: A Story of the Grea...
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However, The Winemakers' Federation of Australia denied cork makers were making inroads.
Reuters
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I say 'sensed.' It bobbed about like a cork on a pond.
Engineering Infinity
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The Doctor removed the cork and used tweezers to take it out.
Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
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We also know the economy is like a cork on the ocean.
The Irish Times
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Such comments have put the centuries-old practice of cork harvesting under pressure.
The Irish Times
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Ford took the jug, pulled the cork, and sniffed at the opening.
The Uphill Climb
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He was just like a cork in the neck of a bottle.
The Eskimo Twins
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The following hints will be found useful when boring holes in cork.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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Just as I drew the cork, the bell rang on the platform.
Little Novels
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Maybe she puts cork stoppers in them to keep the water out.
Tobacco Road
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The cork popped out of the bottle he had been struggling with.
One Man's Initiation—1917
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Granulated cork is added to concrete for thermal insulation and reduced weight.
Reuters
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He sees the coxswain in his cork jacket kneeling over Captain Harry.
Within the Tides: Tales
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