corked

C3O1R1K5E1D2
UK/kɔːkt/

adjective

Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.

“the corked faces of the outlaws”

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verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of cork
adjectivecorked (comparative more corked, superlative most corked)

comparative more corked · superlative most corked

  1. Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.

    Once someone discovered a bottle of wine in the sand that was still corked.

    1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 554
  2. Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.

    Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?

  3. Blackened by burnt cork.

    the corked faces of the outlaws

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin

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Chicago

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