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bottle screw

bottle screw

4.9
A tool for pulling a cork out of a bottle
  • noun
  • /ˈbɑtəl skru/
translation icon : sacacorchos
  • She reached for the bottle screw to open the vintage wine.

Examples

  • The old wooden-handled bottle screw belonged to his grandfather.

  • The bottle screw is missing from the kitchen drawer.

  • Make sure you have a bottle screw handy before the guests arrive.

  • I need a bottle screw to open this wine.

  • Make sure you have a bottle screw handy before the guests arrive.

  • She reached for the bottle screw to open the vintage wine.

  • I need a bottle screw to open this wine.

Synonyms

corkscrew
vsbottle screw
25 3.0

A tool that pulls corks from bottles

is the same device but named with a different form or variant
bottle opener
vsbottle screw
8 1.0

A tool for taking off caps or corks from bottles

focuses only on pulling corks rather than removing caps

Surface Forms

bottle screw singular
bottle screws plural

Morphology

bottle + screw

The compound is compositionally interpretable: a B1 learner who knows 'bottle' and 'screw' can infer a screw-like tool associated with bottles and therefore guess it is a tool used on bottles. However, the specific sense 'corkscrew' (a device for drawing corks) is not fully predictable from 'screw' (commonly a fastener) and 'bottle screw' is a nonstandard phrasing, so prior exposure would help confirm the exact meaning.

Etymology

Bottle screw comes from the tool's shape and action: a metal screw is turned into the 'cork' of a bottle. You then pull the screw to take the 'cork' out, so the name means 'a device for drawing corks from bottles'.