OXFORD 9000
📚 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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