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corked |
corker |
corkiness |
corking |
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corkscrew
| corkscrew flower
| corkwing
| corkwood
| corkwood family
| corkwood tree
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corkscrew
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun corkscrew has 1 sense
- corkscrew(n = noun.artifact) bottle screw - a bottle opener that pulls corks; Array is a kind of bottle opener
Verb corkscrew has 1 sense
- corkscrew(v = verb.motion) spiral - move in a spiral or zigzag course; Array is one way to turn
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CIDE DICTIONARY
corkscrew, n.
An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. [1913 Webster]
corkscrew, a.
shaped like a corkscrew; spiral; helical. [PJC]
corkscrew, v. t.
To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
corkscrew, n. & v.
--n.
1 a spirally twisted steel device for extracting corks from bottles.
2 (often attrib.) a thing with a spiral shape.
--v.tr. & intr. move spirally; twist.
--n.
1 a spirally twisted steel device for extracting corks from bottles.
2 (often attrib.) a thing with a spiral shape.
--v.tr. & intr. move spirally; twist.
THESAURUS
corkscrew
anfractuous, aspirator, bottle opener, can opener, church key, cirrus, clavis, cochlear, cochleate, coil, contort, corkscrewy, crinkle, crowbar, curl, curlicue, entwine, evolute, extractor, forceps, gyre, helical, helicoid, helix, intort, involute, key, kink, latchkey, latchstring, master key, meander, open sesame, opener, passkey, pincers, pipette, pliers, press, pump, ringlet, roll, scallop, screw, screw-shaped, scroll, scrolled, separator, serpentine, siphon, skeleton key, slink, snake, spiral, spiroid, swirl, tendril, tin opener, turbinal, turbinate, turn, tweezers, twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, vacuum pump, verticillate, volute, voluted, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl, whorled, wind, worm, wreathe, wring, wringerROGET THESAURUS
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Convolution
N convolution, winding, convolution, involution, circumvolution, wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity, sinuosity, sinuation, meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages, torsion, inosculation, reticulation, rivulation, roughness, coil, roll, curl, buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle, tendril, scollop, scallop, escalop, kink, ammonite, snakestone, serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth, knot, convoluted, winding, twisted, tortile, tortive, wavy, undated, undulatory, circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine, serpent, anguill, vermiform, vermicular, mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid, sigmoid, sigmoidal, spiriferous, spiroid, involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed, labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, peristaltic, daedalian, kinky, knotted, wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled, raveled, spiral, coiled, helical, cochleate, cochleous, screw-shaped, turbinated, turbiniform, in and out, round and round, a can of worms, Gordian knot.Perforator
N perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar, trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet, punch, puncheon, spikebit, gouge, spear, puncher, punching machine, punching press, punch pliers.Extraction
N extraction, extracting, removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution, evulsion, avulsion, wrench, expression, squeezing, extirpation, extermination, ejection, export, extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers, extracted.Circuition
N circuition, circulation, turn, curvet, excursion, circumvention, circumnavigation, circumambulation, northwest passage, circuit, turning, wrench, evolution, coil, corkscrew, turning, circuitous, circumforaneous, circumfluent, round about.
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