corked

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corked

/kɔːkt/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)kt

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of cork

adjective more corked · most corked

Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork. Once someone discovered a bottle of wine in the sand that was still corked.
Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork. Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?
Blackened by burnt cork. the corked faces of the outlaws

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@misc{corked_2026,
  title = {corked},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/corked},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}