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How to pronounce corkscrew in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bottle screw
Type of bottle opener
Type Words
Synonyms spiral
Type of turn

Examples of corkscrew

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Only today, a video call doesn't require bulky hardware and a corkscrew antenna.
From the tennessean.com
The device, called the MERCI Retriever, is literally a corkscrew for brain clots.
From the businessweek.com
Just a few turns of the corkscrew and we're screeching to a halt on the tarmac.
From the sfgate.com
The tornadoes are corkscrew-shaped bundles of twisted magnetic fields and plasma.
From the sciencedaily.com
So your sister-in-law has given you a perfectly dandy corkscrew for the holidays.
From the denverpost.com
Guests aboard the Carnival Dream, slide down two massive corkscrew waterslides.
From the sltrib.com
The results reveal the corkscrew thread of the DNA double helix, clearly visible.
From the newscientist.com
The corkscrew-shaped feed auger sits on top of a mechanical crusher-destemmer.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Instead, flagella use a corkscrew motion to drive bacteria through the water.
From the newscientist.com
More examples
  • A bottle opener that pulls corks
  • Move in a spiral or zigzag course
  • A corkscrew is a tool for drawing stopping corks from wine bottles. Generally, consists of a pointed metallic helix (often called the "worm") attached to a handle. ...
  • Corkscrew was a steel roller coaster made by Vekoma of the Netherlands. The coaster was located in the Ug Land area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. ...
  • Corkscrew is a mutant in Marvel Comics associated with X-Statix. He was created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred, and made his first (and only) appearance in X-Statix #1.
  • Corkscrew is a steel roller coaster located at Playland At the PNE amusement park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is famous for its appearance in the 2006 motion picture Final Destination 3, as well as the popular television series Smallville (season three's "Magnetic"). ...
  • Corkscrew enables the user to run SSH connections over most HTTP and HTTPS proxy servers. Due to SSH features such as port forwarding, this can allow many types of services to be run safely over the SSH via HTTP connections.
  • Roller coasters are composed of various elements, the individual parts of the design and operation, such as a track, hill, loop, turn, etc. Variations in normal track movement that add thrill or excitement to the ride are often called "thrill elements."
  • An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm; The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew; A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side; A type of inversion used in ...