noun

corkscrew

corkscrew

I can't find the corkscrew to open this wine.

I can't find the corkscrew to open this wine.

He used a simple waiter's corkscrew.

He used a simple waiter's corkscrew.

((a/an ~)) a corkscrew I can't find the corkscrew.

wine opener, wine key

A compound word from 'cork' (the stopper in a wine bottle) and 'screw' (a sharp, pointed metal pin).

The name is very literal: it's a screw for a cork. Visualise the action of twisting it into a cork.

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