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corkscrew

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)
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cork=screw

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun corkscrew has 1 sense

Verb corkscrew has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

corkscrewn. 
     An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles.  [1913 Webster]
corkscrewa. 
     shaped like a corkscrew; spiral; helical.  [PJC]
corkscrew stairs, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.
corkscrewv. t. 
     To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd.  Dickens.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

corkscrew, n. & v.
--n.
1 a spirally twisted steel device for extracting corks from bottles.
2 (often attrib.) a thing with a spiral shape.
--v.tr. & intr. move spirally; twist.

THESAURUS

corkscrew

anfractuous, aspirator, bottle opener, can opener, church key, cirrus, clavis, cochlear, cochleate, coil, contort, corkscrewy, crinkle, crowbar, curl, curlicue, entwine, evolute, extractor, forceps, gyre, helical, helicoid, helix, intort, involute, key, kink, latchkey, latchstring, master key, meander, open sesame, opener, passkey, pincers, pipette, pliers, press, pump, ringlet, roll, scallop, screw, screw-shaped, scroll, scrolled, separator, serpentine, siphon, skeleton key, slink, snake, spiral, spiroid, swirl, tendril, tin opener, turbinal, turbinate, turn, tweezers, twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, vacuum pump, verticillate, volute, voluted, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl, whorled, wind, worm, wreathe, wring, wringer

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Convolution

N convolution, winding, convolution, involution, circumvolution, wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity, sinuosity, sinuation, meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages, torsion, inosculation, reticulation, rivulation, roughness, coil, roll, curl, buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle, tendril, scollop, scallop, escalop, kink, ammonite, snakestone, serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth, knot, convoluted, winding, twisted, tortile, tortive, wavy, undated, undulatory, circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine, serpent, anguill, vermiform, vermicular, mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid, sigmoid, sigmoidal, spiriferous, spiroid, involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed, labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, peristaltic, daedalian, kinky, knotted, wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled, raveled, spiral, coiled, helical, cochleate, cochleous, screw-shaped, turbinated, turbiniform, in and out, round and round, a can of worms, Gordian knot.

Perforator

N perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar, trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet, punch, puncheon, spikebit, gouge, spear, puncher, punching machine, punching press, punch pliers.

Extraction

N extraction, extracting, removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution, evulsion, avulsion, wrench, expression, squeezing, extirpation, extermination, ejection, export, extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers, extracted.

Circuition

N circuition, circulation, turn, curvet, excursion, circumvention, circumnavigation, circumambulation, northwest passage, circuit, turning, wrench, evolution, coil, corkscrew, turning, circuitous, circumforaneous, circumfluent, round about.

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