OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 27488

corkscrew

/ˈkɔːk.skɹuː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
espiral
Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
All the heat of a decade of fierce Indian summers is stored in the pitch-black, polished walls of the corkscrew staircase.
Then the old gentleman spun himself round with velocity in the opposite direction, continued to spin until his long cloak was all wound neatly about him, clapped his cap on his hea…
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📚 noun • entry_id 27487

corkscrew

/ˈkɔːk.skɹuː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
descorchador • sacacorchos • sacatapón • tirabuzón
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
I opened the wine with a corkscrew.
There stood presented to his sight, Or seem'd to stand, the God of wine, […] This hand a Cork-scrue did contain, And that a Bottle of Champaign.
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