corkscrew (noun)
1corkscrew — ► NOUN ▪ a device for pulling corks from bottles, consisting of a spiral metal rod that is inserted into the cork, and a handle. ► VERB ▪ move or twist in a spiral …
2corkscrew flower — noun A plant of the species Vigna caracalla, often used as an ornamental Syn: corkscrew vine, snailflower …
3corkscrew — noun Corkscrew is used before these nouns: ↑curl …
4corkscrew grass — noun : an Australian grass (Stipa setacea) that is like a corkscrew in the lower part of its fruiting awn …
5corkscrew flower — noun perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus • Syn: ↑snailflower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail… …
6corkscrew — noun a device for pulling corks from bottles, consisting of a spiral metal rod that is inserted into the cork, and a handle. verb move or twist in a spiral …
7corkscrew — 1. noun /ˈkɔːk.skɹuː,ˈkɔɹk.skɹu/ a) 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. b) The screw shaped worm of a …
8corkscrew — I UK [ˈkɔː(r)kˌskruː] / US [ˈkɔrkˌskru] noun [countable] Word forms corkscrew : singular corkscrew plural corkscrews a tool used for pulling the corks out of wine bottles II UK [ˈkɔː(r)kˌskruː] / US [ˈkɔrkˌskru] verb [intransitive] Word forms… …
9corkscrew — cork|screw1 [ˈko:kskru: US ˈko:rk ] n ↑corkscrew a tool made of twisted metal that you use to pull a ↑cork out of a bottle corkscrew 2 corkscrew2 adj [only before noun] twisted or curly = ↑spiral ▪ corkscrew curls …
10corkscrew — cork|screw1 [ kɔrk,skru ] noun count a tool used for pulling the CORKS out of wine bottles corkscrew cork|screw 2 [ kɔrk,skru ] verb intransitive to move in a SPIRAL (=a curve that curls upward) corkscrew cork|screw 3 [ kɔrk,skru ] adjective in a …
