Corking — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

close a bottle with a cork

stuff with cork

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈʌmblɪŋnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈɔːkɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈɔːkɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˈʌmblɪŋnəs/.

Examples

The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter
he did a bully job
a neat sports car

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bang-up bully nifty swell dandy slap-up groovy smashing neat cork cracking peachy cork up not bad keen great

Antonyms

uncork

Parts of Speech

verb	close a bottle with a cork
verb	stuff with cork “The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter”
adjective	very good “he did a bully job”

Word Forms

cork	noun	the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
corker	noun	a machine that is used to put corks in bottles

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verkorken

Verschließen Sie eine Flasche mit einem Korken

🇫🇷French

bouchage

fermer une bouteille avec un bouchon

🇪🇸Spanish

taponar

cerrar una botella con un corcho

🇮🇹Italian

tappatura

chiudere una bottiglia con un tappo di sughero

🇳🇱Dutch

kurken

sluit een fles af met een kurk

🇵🇹Portuguese

rolhando

feche uma garrafa com uma rolha

🇷🇺Russian

закупорка

закрыть бутылку пробкой

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कॉर्किंग

बोतल को कॉर्क से बंद करें

🇧🇩Bengali

কর্কিং

একটি কর্ক দিয়ে একটি বোতল বন্ধ করুন

🇮🇳Tamil

கார்க்கிங்

ஒரு கார்க் கொண்டு ஒரு பாட்டிலை மூடு

🇮🇳Telugu

కార్కింగ్

కార్క్‌తో బాటిల్‌ను మూసివేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

कॉर्किंग

कॉर्क सह बाटली बंद करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

કોર્કિંગ

કૉર્ક સાથે બોટલ બંધ કરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಾರ್ಕಿಂಗ್

ಕಾರ್ಕ್ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬಾಟಲಿಯನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കോർക്കിംഗ്

ഒരു കോർക്ക് ഉപയോഗിച്ച് ഒരു കുപ്പി അടയ്ക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਾਰਕਿੰਗ

ਇੱਕ ਕਾਰ੍ਕ ਨਾਲ ਇੱਕ ਬੋਤਲ ਬੰਦ ਕਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

کارکنگ

ایک کارک کے ساتھ ایک بوتل بند کرو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

软木塞

用软木塞盖住瓶子

🇯🇵Japanese

コルク栓抜き

コルクで瓶を閉める

🇰🇷Korean

굉장한

코르크로 병을 막다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nút chai

đóng chai bằng nút chai

🇹🇭Thai

จุกไม้ก๊อก

ปิดขวดด้วยไม้ก๊อก

🇮🇩Indonesian

amat sangat

tutup botol dengan gabus

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtatapon

isara ang isang bote na may tapon

🇲🇾Malay

menyumbat

tutup botol dengan gabus

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الفلين

أغلق الزجاجة بالفلين

🇮🇷Persian

چوب پنبه بستن

یک بطری را با چوب پنبه ببندید

🇹🇷Turkish

mantarlama

şişeyi mantarla kapatmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

פקק

לסגור בקבוק עם פקק

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The primary meaning of 'corking' is 'close a bottle with a cork'.

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