Uncorking
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The removal of a cork from a bottle or similar. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of uncork form-of, gerund, participle, present
"Reaching home he went up to his bedroom, shut the door as if he were going to be seen no more in this life, and taking a sheet of paper and uncorking the ink-bottle, he began a letter."
Example
More examples"Reaching home he went up to his bedroom, shut the door as if he were going to be seen no more in this life, and taking a sheet of paper and uncorking the ink-bottle, he began a letter."
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