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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