How to Use cork oak in a Sentence

cork oak

noun

• The eco-friendly material, made from the bark of cork oak trees, offers exceptional comfort and softness underfoot that has become a popular floor choice in recent years.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 28 June 2023
• The cork oak is one of the richest ecosystems in the world.
  — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• Cooke consulted with arborists to chart the climate zones across the U.S. where cork oak could grow and thrive.
  — David A. Taylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2020
• At one point it was thought their population was less than 100 due to the loss of the cork oak forest habitat and rabbit prey.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022
• Semi-wild black pigs grow fat on a diet of acorns dropped by the forests of cork oaks across the southern Alentejo region.
  — Paul Ames, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
• It's harvested from the bark layer of cork oak trees in Portugal every nine years.
  — Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com, 22 Apr. 2022
• The cork oak grows mainly in the western Mediterranean area covering in total over 5.4 million acres.
  — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• Youth groups such as this Mendocino County 4-H Club were a key audience for the cork oak planting campaigns.
  — David A. Taylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2020
• The pioneer of green architecture was fond of using cork oak for the flooring in his studio, home, and at his magnum opus, Fallingwater.
  — Lauren Matison, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2021
• Much as a shorn sheep regrows wool, cork regenerates — though a lot slower (a 25-year-old cork oak tree can be responsibly stripped of its cork once every nine to 12 years).
  — Euny Hong, Allure, 27 Feb. 2021
• Between these tiny towns, expanses of golden wheat and grassland, punctuated by lone, broad-canopied holm and cork oaks, bring to mind the African savannah.
  — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
• The focus was on how cork oak (Quercus suber) handles two stressors: the first being extreme drought; and the other, the invasive plant species gum rockrose (Cistus ladanifer).
  — Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
• The majority of the company’s cork comes from cork oak trees in Portugal that are given the proper seven to nine years to regrow their bark after a harvesting.
  — Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 14 June 2018
• Sarg recommends encountering cork oak in Chavez Ravine and Larchmont Village.
  — Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• The founders began working with cork after realizing that the ecosystem wasn’t disturbed by harvesting the material from cork oak trees.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2022
• But laminate and engineered wood floors can’t be refinished over and over again like solid wood, and cork — made from the bark of a cork oak tree — is usually imported from Europe, adding to its carbon footprint.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2021
• Natural cork is a sustainable, biodegradable material that comes from cork oak trees, which grow throughout the Mediterranean region.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2021
• The Alentejo is a famously pretty part of Portugal, with groves of olive trees, stone pines and cork oaks — native varieties resilient enough to survive its weather extremes.
  — Barry Hatton, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• Other options include cork produced from the regenerating bark of a cork oak tree and cellulose from recycled newsprint and paper.
  — Miriam Porter, House Beautiful, 22 Apr. 2022
• During wet years, the interacting stressors didn't cause any significant changes in the cork oak, while in dry conditions, the factors either amplified or buffered each other.
  — Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
• Extracting the bark of a cork oak is an ancient practice of self-regeneration that enhances its ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
  — Lauren Matison, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2021
• But natural cork is environmentally friendly, and the cork oak forests are worth preserving.
  — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• One surprising result was also that cork oak, despite the double burden, was able to recover better than had been expected after extreme drought.
  — Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
• Earlier this month, Mila and four other truffle-hunting dogs searched for the luxury fungi in O’Toole’s truffle orchards – fields of cork oaks and hazelnut trees whose roots were dipped in truffle spores before being planted.
  — Ellen Garrison, sacbee, 24 Dec. 2017
• Specifically, the products contain an extract of the cork oak called suberin, which the company touts as helping moisturize, stimulate cell renewal and reduce redness.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2019

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024