to recork

Examples

• All

• I meant, after Jack recorked it.

  Blog text (4)

• Drink the wine, empty the bottle, return these images of tenderness into it, recork it, and throw it out to sea.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Jack was in the stream because he was transported there after he recorked the island.

  Blog text (4)

• After pouring a glass, he remembered to recork the bottle to keep the wine fresh.

• She opened the bottle of olive oil, used some for cooking, and promptly recorked it to preserve its quality.

• Once they finished the soda, they recorked the bottle tightly to prevent it from going flat.

Synonyms

C

to cork

vsto recork

9 3.9

To seal something by closing its opening with a stopper made from tree bark

does the same but focuses on replacing that stopper after opening

R

to reseal

vsto recork

5 2.8

Close something again so no air or liquid can enter

puts a stopper back into a bottle to seal it again

S

to stopper

vsto recork

1 4.1

To close a container by putting something in its opening

does the same but specifically by replacing the original plug in bottles

C

to cork up

vsto recork

4.9

Close a bottle by putting a plug into its opening

puts that stopper back into an opened bottle to seal it again

B

to bung

vsto recork

9.3

To close a container by putting a plug in its opening

applies the same act but by returning the stopper to an opened bottle

S

to stopple

vsto recork

• Archaic

9.9

To close a bottle or jar with a small plug

is the act of putting the original plug back to seal a bottle

How Sealed

to seal

457 2.5

to recork

5.3

to cork

9 3.9

shut

74 1.0

to cover

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology