Uncorking

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The removal of a cork from a bottle or similar. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 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."

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"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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