corked
corked · more corked · most corked
Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a corkOf a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.
/kɔːkt/
Meaning
3 sensesOf a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.
Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.
Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?
(of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin
Blackened by burnt cork.
the corked faces of the outlaws
Forms
more corked, most corked| Comparative | more corked Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most corked Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin:corky
Word family
3 related wordsRelatedcork taint
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.