Corkscrew
noun
A tool used to pull out the cork from a bottle.
He used a corkscrew to open the wine bottle.
Often appears as...
- use a corkscrew
- open with a corkscrew
adjective
Something that has a curly or spiral shape or path.
He followed a corkscrew pathway up the mountain.
Often appears as...
- corkscrew path
- corkscrew hair
verb
To move or twist in a spiral path.
The road corkscrews up the mountain side.
Often appears as...
- corkscrews around
- corkscrews through
noun
A tool used to pull out the cork from a bottle.
He used a corkscrew to open the wine bottle.
Often appears as...
- use a corkscrew
- open with a corkscrew
adjective
Something that has a curly or spiral shape or path.
He followed a corkscrew pathway up the mountain.
Often appears as...
- corkscrew path
- corkscrew hair
verb
To move or twist in a spiral path.
The road corkscrews up the mountain side.
Often appears as...
- corkscrews around
- corkscrews through
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Wine Association
The word 'corkscrew' is mostly associated with wine bottles, a common context in which the tool is used.
Could you pass me the corkscrew so I can open this Chardonnay?
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Wine
'Corkscrew' is for any bottled beverage with a cork, not just wine.
I need a corkscrew to open this vintage bottle of cider.
Pro Tip 3/3Manual Tool
A corkscrew requires hand operation; it's not electric or automatic.
I prefer an old-fashioned manual corkscrew over electric wine openers.
Pro Tip 1/3Wine Association
The word 'corkscrew' is mostly associated with wine bottles, a common context in which the tool is used.
Could you pass me the corkscrew so I can open this Chardonnay?
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Wine
'Corkscrew' is for any bottled beverage with a cork, not just wine.
I need a corkscrew to open this vintage bottle of cider.
Pro Tip 3/3Manual Tool
A corkscrew requires hand operation; it's not electric or automatic.
I prefer an old-fashioned manual corkscrew over electric wine openers.
Pro Tip 1/3Wine Association
The word 'corkscrew' is mostly associated with wine bottles, a common context in which the tool is used.
Could you pass me the corkscrew so I can open this Chardonnay?
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Wine
'Corkscrew' is for any bottled beverage with a cork, not just wine.
I need a corkscrew to open this vintage bottle of cider.
Pro Tip 3/3Manual Tool
A corkscrew requires hand operation; it's not electric or automatic.
I prefer an old-fashioned manual corkscrew over electric wine openers.
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Seven Superpowered...
and i think that they're absolutely adorable but i doubt that the poor jackson shark is going to agree with that while many sharks give birth to live young the poor jackson puts loads of energy into producing eggs these eggs are really cool because they're shaped like corkscrews making them perfect for wedging away into hidden crevices and away from
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Paul Nicklen: Emperors...
which is one tenth of a second later you can't see anything it worked I mean I'm just surrounded in a sea of bubbles look like stars and there was no chance of seeing a penguin incredible escape strategies and here's a penguin that's a individual penguin as he's coming to the surface it swims in a corkscrew fashion
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Can we eat to starve...
example in the liver they form channels to detoxify the blood in the lung they line air sacs for gas exchange in muscle they corkscrew so that muscles can contract without cutting off circulation and in nerves they course along like power lines keeping those nerves alive and we get most of these blood vessels
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Can we eat to starve...
Now, the remarkable thing about blood vessels is that they have this ability to adapt to whatever environment they're growing in. For example, in the liver, they form channels to detoxify the blood; in the lungs, they line air sacs for gas exchange. In muscle, they corkscrew,
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Alex Smith: An NFL...
which means that my leg was twisted and snapped diagonally, kind of like a corkscrew. And yes, it's as painful as it sounds. I knew right there on the field that my season was done. What took me a little longer to figure out was that my life was about to change forever.
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Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
size of those roots the ghost orchid here in corkscrew swamp they've called the super ghost and that is because it produces so many flowers every single year it is a mass of roots that just spider out in all directions and it's not just one bloom it's not two blooms
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The wild world of...
which can happen in under an hour, the tentacles unfurl again to snare their next victim. Two down, four to go. The next target meets his end underground, in the coils of the corkscrew plant. He enters the roots through a tiny slit in search of food.
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Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
using its shovel-like rear feet and corkscrew body movement the toad buries itself in the soft soil of the cork forest before the end of the night during all the time i was in japan there was one place that caught my imagination
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Frogs in the Forest PIPE...
prey throughout the night with its striking yellow and red markings this is a rare subspecies found only here it will also hide up during the day as to will the spadefoot toad using its shovel like rear feet and corkscrew body
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Sharks 101 PIPE National...
so sharks have less weight to carry. Sharks may lay eggs, or bear live young. Egg laying sharks only lay a few large eggs. They may come in various forms, such as sacks called mermaid purses or corkscrews.
Video examples
Seven Superpowered...
and i think that they're absolutely adorable but i doubt that the poor jackson shark is going to agree with that while many sharks give birth to live young the poor jackson puts loads of energy into producing eggs these eggs are really cool because they're shaped like corkscrews making them perfect for wedging away into hidden crevices and away from
Video examples
Paul Nicklen: Emperors...
which is one tenth of a second later you can't see anything it worked I mean I'm just surrounded in a sea of bubbles look like stars and there was no chance of seeing a penguin incredible escape strategies and here's a penguin that's a individual penguin as he's coming to the surface it swims in a corkscrew fashion
Video examples
Can we eat to starve...
example in the liver they form channels to detoxify the blood in the lung they line air sacs for gas exchange in muscle they corkscrew so that muscles can contract without cutting off circulation and in nerves they course along like power lines keeping those nerves alive and we get most of these blood vessels
Video examples
Can we eat to starve...
Now, the remarkable thing about blood vessels is that they have this ability to adapt to whatever environment they're growing in. For example, in the liver, they form channels to detoxify the blood; in the lungs, they line air sacs for gas exchange. In muscle, they corkscrew,
Video examples
Alex Smith: An NFL...
which means that my leg was twisted and snapped diagonally, kind of like a corkscrew. And yes, it's as painful as it sounds. I knew right there on the field that my season was done. What took me a little longer to figure out was that my life was about to change forever.
Video examples
Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
size of those roots the ghost orchid here in corkscrew swamp they've called the super ghost and that is because it produces so many flowers every single year it is a mass of roots that just spider out in all directions and it's not just one bloom it's not two blooms
Video examples
The wild world of...
which can happen in under an hour, the tentacles unfurl again to snare their next victim. Two down, four to go. The next target meets his end underground, in the coils of the corkscrew plant. He enters the roots through a tiny slit in search of food.
Video examples
Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
using its shovel-like rear feet and corkscrew body movement the toad buries itself in the soft soil of the cork forest before the end of the night during all the time i was in japan there was one place that caught my imagination
Video examples
Frogs in the Forest PIPE...
prey throughout the night with its striking yellow and red markings this is a rare subspecies found only here it will also hide up during the day as to will the spadefoot toad using its shovel like rear feet and corkscrew body
Video examples
Sharks 101 PIPE National...
so sharks have less weight to carry. Sharks may lay eggs, or bear live young. Egg laying sharks only lay a few large eggs. They may come in various forms, such as sacks called mermaid purses or corkscrews.
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Quote examples
Hilary Knight
American Athlete
It was somewhere in Ohio - Cedar Point or something like that - one of those thrill rides. A few cars up, someone's sunglasses had fallen off, and we were on one of those corkscrew parts, and I saw sunglasses and just instinctively grabbed them right out of the air. I was like, 'Oh, my reaction time is really good. This is going well.
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Rosecrans Baldwin
American Novelist
Paris's neighborhoods, the arrondissements, are organized like a twist. They spiral from the river like toilet water flushing in reverse and erupting out of the bowl - a corkscrew or what have you, a flattened pig's tail, a whorling braid notched one to 20.
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Neville
English Athlete
I wanted to do a corkscrew moonsault backwards, so I had the idea of doing it forwards like the shooting star corkscrew, and I was aware no one else did that in wrestling. If I could perfect this technique, it would be unique to me.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
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Christa Miller
American Actress
I love Goody's Spin Pins. They're super cheap and look like corkscrews. You just gather your hair and screw them into a bun.
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Charles Dickens
English Novelist
Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.
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Basil Bunting
British Poet
Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.
Quote examples
Hilary Knight
American Athlete
It was somewhere in Ohio - Cedar Point or something like that - one of those thrill rides. A few cars up, someone's sunglasses had fallen off, and we were on one of those corkscrew parts, and I saw sunglasses and just instinctively grabbed them right out of the air. I was like, 'Oh, my reaction time is really good. This is going well.
Quote examples
Rosecrans Baldwin
American Novelist
Paris's neighborhoods, the arrondissements, are organized like a twist. They spiral from the river like toilet water flushing in reverse and erupting out of the bowl - a corkscrew or what have you, a flattened pig's tail, a whorling braid notched one to 20.
Quote examples
Neville
English Athlete
I wanted to do a corkscrew moonsault backwards, so I had the idea of doing it forwards like the shooting star corkscrew, and I was aware no one else did that in wrestling. If I could perfect this technique, it would be unique to me.
Quote examples
W. C. Fields
American Comedian
Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
Quote examples
Christa Miller
American Actress
I love Goody's Spin Pins. They're super cheap and look like corkscrews. You just gather your hair and screw them into a bun.
Quote examples
Charles Dickens
English Novelist
Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.
Quote examples
Basil Bunting
British Poet
Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.
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