liège — meaning in English

English meaning

• cork noun The light, spongy bark of the cork oak, used to make bottle stoppers, flooring, and insulation.
• liege noun In feudal times, a lord entitled to service and loyalty from his subjects, or (less often) the subject who owed that loyalty.

Senses

liège is used for these senses in English:

• Liège The largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
• cork The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
• cork (botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
• cork A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
• cork oak A type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber, native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa.

cork — full definition

1. noun The light, spongy bark of the cork oak, used to make bottle stoppers, flooring, and insulation.
2. noun A stopper, especially for a wine bottle, traditionally made from this material.
3. verb To seal a bottle with a cork.
4. name A city and county in the south of Ireland.

liege — full definition

1. noun In feudal times, a lord entitled to service and loyalty from his subjects, or (less often) the subject who owed that loyalty.
2. adj Relating to the mutual duties between a feudal lord and his subjects; bound by loyalty and service.

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