Corked
/kɔːkt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of cork form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 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 Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.
"Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?"
- 3 Blackened by burnt cork.
"the corked faces of the outlaws"
Adjective
- 1 (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin wordnet
Example
More examples"Half of the bottles of wine in the case that Tom bought were corked."