[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the spongy layer of bark of the cork oak cork oak,used for making a wide range of products, including bottle stoppers, beverage coasters, fishing rod handles, bulletin boards, sound and heat insulation, and flooring materials.", "cork oak(def) cork oak(def).", "something made of cork, as produced from the spongy bark of the cork oak cork oak:Bring that cork in here—we’re using it as a dartboard.", "a piece of cork, rubber, or the like used as a stopper, as for a bottle:The cork you gave me is too large for this jug.", "Angling.a small float to buoy up a fishing line or to indicate that a fish is biting:When the cork starts bobbing, you’ve got a fish!", "Also called phellem , suber .Botany.an outer tissue of bark produced by and exterior to the phellogen ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to stop with or as if with a cork (often followed byup):The bottles are mechanically corked, two dozen at a time.Cork these up and put them back in the cooler.", "to provide or fit with cork or a cork:They’re tiling floors and corking walls in her new studio.", "to blacken with burnt cork:During war games, they learned to cork their faces when operating under moonlight."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a county in Munster province, in S Republic of Ireland. 2,881 sq. mi. (7,460 sq. km).", "a seaport in and the county seat of Cork, in the S part."]}]