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"Cork" or "CORK" may refer to:


Materials

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Cork (material) Cork is an impermeable buoyant material. It is the phellem layer of bark tissue which is harvested for commercial use primarily from '' Quercus suber'' (the cork oak), which is native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa. Cork is compos ...
, an impermeable buoyant plant product **
Stopper (plug) A stopper, bung, or cork is a cylindrical or conical Closure (container), closure used to seal a container, such as a bottle, tube, or barrel (storage), barrel. Description Unlike a Lid (container), lid or bottle cap, which encloses a con ...
, or "cork", a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container *** Wine cork an item to seal or reseal wine


Places


Ireland

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Cork (city) Cork ( ; from , meaning 'marsh') is the second-largest city in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the List of settlements on the island of Ireland ...
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as Greater Cork **
Cork Airport Cork Airport () is the second-largest international airport in the Republic of Ireland, after Dublin Airport, Dublin and ahead of Shannon Airport, Shannon. It is south of Cork (city), Cork City centre, in an area known as Farmers Cross. In ...
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County Cork County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster ...


Historical parliamentary constituencies

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Cork City (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Cork City (also known as Cork Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Boundaries and boundary changes This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Cork (city), Cork in ...
* County Cork (Parliament of Ireland constituency) *
Cork City (UK Parliament constituency) Cork City was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1880 to 1922 it returned two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United King ...
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County Cork (UK Parliament constituency) County Cork was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irel ...


United States

* Cork, Georgia * Cork, Kentucky


Organisations

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Cork GAA The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Cork GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cork and the Cork county teams. It ...
, responsible for Gaelic games in County Cork * Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks, a masonic order, also known as "The Cork" * Cork City F.C., a football club * Cork City W.F.C., a women's football club


Other uses

* A particular kind of trick in
snowboarding Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralym ...
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skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International S ...
. * Cork (surname) *
Cork City (barony) Cork City () is a barony (Ireland), barony in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It contains seven civil parishes in Ireland, civil parishes. Legal context Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of Count ...
* Cork encoding, a digital data format *
Cork taint Cork taint is a broad term referring to an off-odor and off-flavor wine fault arising from the presence of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA), a chemical compound that represents one of the strongest off-flavors, and one "generated naturally in foods/b ...
, a wine fault * Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston, a sailing regatta * Cork (band), a 1990s rock duo/supergroup * ''Cork'' (film), a Spanish drama


See also

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Cork County Council Cork County Council () is the local authority of County Cork, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001, as amended. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban pl ...
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Cork Harbour Cork Harbour () is a natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee (Ireland), River Lee in County Cork, Ireland. It is one of several which lay claim to the title of "second largest natural harbour in the world by navigational ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross The Diocese of Cork and Ross () is a Latin Church, Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, Cashel and Emly. The cathedral c ...
* Cork tree (disambiguation) * Cork oak, ''
Quercus suber ''Quercus suber'', commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris''. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the core ...
'' tree, the main source of cork *
Cork cambium Cork cambium (: cambia or cambiums) is a tissue found in many vascular plants as a part of the epidermis. It is one of the many layers of bark, between the cork and primary phloem. The cork cambium is a lateral meristem and is responsible for s ...
, a tissue found in many vascular plants as part of the epidermis * Corke, a surname * Corky (disambiguation) * Kork (disambiguation) * KORK (disambiguation) * * {{Disambiguation, geo