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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
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