cork
/kɔːk/
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American sound/kɔːk/
cork
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(n) ဖော့။ ဖော့ဆို့။ အဆို့။ (v) (အဆို့ဖြင့်)ဆို့သည်။
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cork /kↄ:k/ n
၁။ [U] ဖော့။ Cork is often used for insulation. ❍ cork tiles/ table-mats.
၂။ [C] ဖော့ဆို့။ အဆို့။
draw/ pull out the cork ❍ The champagne corks were popping (ie People were celebrating).
v ~ sth (up) (အဆို့ဖြင့်)ဆို့သည်။
cork it up for tomorrow.
❏ corked adj ဖော့ဆို့ပုပ်သဖြင့် ပျက်သွားသော(ဝိုင်)။
❏ cork sth up [PHRV ](infml ) မျိုသိပ်ထားသည်။ Don't cork it all up: if you feel angry, show it.
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stopper, plug, cap, bung, top, bleep, blue pencil, blue-pencil, blue-penciled, bobber, bottle up, bottled, bottling, box in, box up, bring to naught, bring to screeching halt, bunged, burke, buttoned, caulk, caulking, censor, choke back, clam up, clammed up, clamming up, clamp down, clamp down on, clean up, cleaned up, close, concuss, constipate, constrain, contain, cool off, cooling off, coop up, cooped up, cork up, corked up, cover, cover up, covered up, covering up, crack down, crack down on, defend against, delimitate, dried up, drive in, drop the iron curtain, dry up, drying up, dummied up, dummy up, exscind, float, forfend, gag, garrote, garroted, gridlocked, gummed, hang up, held down, hem in, hogtie, hold down, hold in, hold it down, hold off, iced, interned, jam up, keep back, keep down, keep feeling inside oneself, keep in, keep in check, keep in line, keep lid on, keep secret, keep the lid on, keep under wraps, keeping in, kept back, kept in check, kept secret, lid, limit, lock up, locked up, locking up, manacled, manacling, muzzle, nixing, oak, occlude, pass on, passed on, passing on, phellem, pinion, pinioned, pinions, pressurize, pressurized, prevent, prevent passage, prevent publication, prohibit, pull back, put a lock on, put a stop to, put a stopper in, put an end to, put chill on, put end to, put half nelson on, put lid on, put lock on, put the lid on, put to, quelch, refuse transmission, repress, restrain, retard flow, scissor out, seal, shive, shotgun, shrouded, shut in, shying, simmer down, sit on, sitting on, smother, spike, stave, stifle, stop, stop up, stopped up, stoppered, stoppering, stopping up, stopple, stoppling, supervise communications, tape up, taped up, throw cold water on, tie down, tied down, tongue-tie
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