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# corkscrew

«corkscrew» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tool with a spiral metal point for pulling corks out of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (corkscrews)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A corkscrew is a tool with a spiral metal point for pulling corks out of bottles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corkscrew/#m1)

2) A corkscrew is anything twisted into a spiral shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corkscrew/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in pirate tales, a nickname for a weapon (Johnny Corkscrew); in lessons, a spiral shape like a twisted road

### examples

- Dad opened the bottle with a corkscrew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corkscrew/#x1)
- The pirate's sword was called Johnny Corkscrew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corkscrew/#x2)
- The road wound up the hill in a corkscrew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corkscrew/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «corkscrew» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corkscrew/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.