also: キルク
Refers to the material cork, often used for bottle stoppers, bulletin boards, or flooring.
from Dutch kurk
Pull the cork out of the wine bottle.
This coaster is made of cork.
I put the cork back in the wine bottle.
The sommelier pulled out the cork with practiced ease.
This is a coaster made of cork.
suberic acid; cork acid
popgun; cork gun
corkscrew
Standard katakana spelling from Dutch 'kurk'; the most common form.
Rare variant spelling; also from Dutch 'kurk' but less common.
Borrowed from Dutch 'kurk' (cork).