corkscrew
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈkɔrkˌskru/
:
sacacorchos
- " I'll run back to my apartment and get my corkscrew," Nevin said.
Examples
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"Monsieur Davies, would you be so kind as to fetch me a corkscrew?" He nodded toward the built-in kitchen.
Fiction book (1991) -
"You did say red?" He looked around for a corkscrew so that he could let them breathe.
Fiction book (1995) -
Ed searches for a corkscrew and starts to open the bottle.
Fiction book (2000) -
You know, you don't actually need a corkscrew for champagne.
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His father stood, profile to the window, in his kitchenette, turning a corkscrew into a bottle of wine.
Fiction book (2002) -
Sets the grocery bag on a counter, pulls open a drawer, and takes out a corkscrew.
Fiction book (2001) -
Don't forget the corkscrew.
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Don't forget to bring a corkscrew when you go wine tasting at the vineyard.
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She used a corkscrew to open the bottle of wine for dinner.
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You can find a corkscrew in the kitchen drawer next to the utensils.
Synonyms
8
1.0
A tool for taking off caps or corks from bottles
A tool for pulling a cork out of a bottle
Compounds
- Specialized
A tropical vine with bright yellow and purple flowers whose petals twist like a snail shell
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Corkscrew comes from two simple parts, cork and screw. A 'screw' is something that 'turns' and pulls a cork out of a bottle, so the tool's name gives a clear picture of what it does.