Definition of corkscrew
: a device for drawing corks from bottles that has a pointed spiral piece of metal turned by a handle
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First Known Use of corkscrew
1698
Examples of corkscrew in a Sentence
an angelic child with beautiful corkscrew curls
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First Known Use of corkscrew
1790
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Definition of corkscrew
transitive verb
1 : wind
2 : to draw out with difficulty
3 : to twist into a spiral
intransitive verb
: to move in a winding course
Examples of corkscrew in a Sentence
practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness
the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill
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First Known Use of corkscrew
1837
CORKSCREW Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of corkscrew for English Language Learners
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: a tool that is used to pull corks from bottles
CORKSCREW Defined for Kids
Definition of corkscrew for Students
: a pointed spiral piece of metal with a handle that is screwed into corks to pull them from bottles
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