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Meanings of bottle cork in English

Portuguese
rolha
Catalan
tap de suro
Spanish
corcho

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

rolha
Usage of bottle cork in English
1
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
3
Her searching knocked a wine bottle cork to the floor, and it bounced into a corner.
Mysterious Skin
4
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 ...
6
Did he want the bottle corked?
The Man Without a Country, and Other Tales
7
Keep in tightly corked bottle ; pour out only what is necessary at the time, and keep the bottle corked.
Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of ...
8
The indeterminate hum of life in the Thalia is enlivened by the discreet popping-atreasonable and salubrious intervals-ofbeer- bottle corks.
The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million
9
In fact, she had sold our bottle corks for four thousand two hundred and sixteen dollars of the first issue.
The Man Without a Country, and Other Tales
10
Oceans of molten lava creating expansive gases below; no outlet possible underneath, and the neck of the bottle corked with tons of solid rock!
Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
Translations for bottle cork
Portuguese
rolha