uncorkverb [ T ]
uk/ʌnˈkɔːk/us/ʌnˈkɔːrk/to open a bottle by pulling out its cork (= a cylinder-shaped piece of soft wood used to close it):
"Who wants some wine?" asked Sally, uncorking a bottle.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unfastening and opening
- breaker
- crack
- let/set sth loose idiom
- loose
- loosen
- loosen your grip idiom
- open sb up
- pay (sth) out
- steam
- the earth/ground/floor opens idiom
- throw
- unbuckle
- uncap
- undid
- undo
- unplug
- unroll
- unscrew
- untie
- unwind
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