CORKSCREW


Meaning of CORKSCREW in English

I. noun Date: 1698 a device for drawing corks from bottles that has a pointed spiral piece of metal turned by a handle, II. adjective Date: 1790 resembling a ~ ; spiral , III. verb Date: 1837 transitive verb wind , to draw out with difficulty, to twist into a spiral, intransitive verb to move in a winding course

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