Corked

//kɔːkt// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of cork form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.

    "Once someone discovered a bottle of wine in the sand that was still corked."

  2. 2
    Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.

    "Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?"

  3. 3
    Blackened by burnt cork.

    "the corked faces of the outlaws"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
badcorky

Example

More examples

"Half of the bottles of wine in the case that Tom bought were corked."

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