Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: corkscrew
IPA transcription: [k'ɔɹkskɹ,u]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: corkscrew, bottle_screw
    Meaning: a bottle opener that pulls corks
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: corkscrew, spiral
    Meaning: move in a spiral or zigzag course
Usage examples
  • There was a noise at the other end of the room, as if something was crawling up the iron corkscrew stair.
  • "I haven't got to the bottom of this yet," said Eustace, "but I will do before the night is very much older," and he hurried up the corkscrew stair.
  • The thing which might have been mistaken for a tricycle turned upside-down was the inexpressibly important instrument to which the corkscrew was the key.
  • At the end of the room, behind the bust of some unknown eighteenth-century divine, an ugly iron corkscrew stair led to a shelf-lined gallery. Nearly every shelf was full.
  • His red hair, which he wore after the fashion of the Polish Jews, with the corkscrew curls each side of his face, was plentifully sprinkled with grey--a general coating of grime, about his cheeks and his chin, gave him a peculiarly dirty and loathsome appearance.
  • It may be thought advisable to add a button-hook, a corkscrew, and a large blade; but that is not my recommendation, because it increases the size of the knife and makes it heavy; now a heavy knife is apt to be laid by, and not to be at hand when wanted, while a light knife is a constant pocket companion.