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corkscrew definition

cork·screw (kôrk′skro̵̅o̅′)

noun

a device for pulling corks out of bottles, usually a spiral-shaped piece of steel with a point at one end and a handle at the other

adjective

shaped like a corkscrew; spiral

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to move in a spiral; twist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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