corked
Collocations
4ADJ.
still
VERB + CORKED
bottle, bought, tastes
PREP.
in, on
ADV.
badly
Definitions
adj
Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.
Once someone discovered a bottle of wine in the sand that was still corked.
Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.
Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?
Blackened by burnt cork.
the corked faces of the outlaws
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tann
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Once someone discovered a bottle of wine in the sand that was still corked.
WiktionaryWaiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?
Wiktionarythe corked faces of the outlaws
WiktionaryThis wine tastes corked!
Tatoeba · #1002202Half of the bottles of wine in the case that Tom bought were corked.
Tatoeba · #3577546The bottle was corked and put on a shelf in the cellar.
Tatoeba · #5580827