uncork
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 6
/ʌnˈkɔː(ɹ)k/
Definition of uncork
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.
“uncork a bottle of wine”
“After Compiègne, André uncorked a bottle of his Vin Rosé which went down uncommonly well and we reached Aulnoye without further incident.”
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verb
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(transitive)To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.
“uncork a bottle of wine”
“After Compiègne, André uncorked a bottle of his Vin Rosé which went down uncommonly well and we reached Aulnoye without further incident.”
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(transitive)To release.
“The 11 September attacks uncorked a whirlwind of outlandish conspiracy theories.”
“In Chile in 2017, for example, historic rains uncorked a gargantuan landslide near a receding glacier.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From un- + cork.
Words you can make from uncork
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