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corked
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective corked has 1 sense
- corked(s = adj.all) corky - (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; "a corked port"
CIDE DICTIONARY
corked, a.
having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
corked, adj.
1 stopped with a cork.
2 (of wine) spoilt by a decayed cork.
3 blackened with burnt cork.
1 stopped with a cork.
2 (of wine) spoilt by a decayed cork.
3 blackened with burnt cork.
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