[syn: corkscrew, spiral]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
corkscrew \cork"screw`\ (k[^o]rk"skr[udd]`), n.
An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing
corks from bottles.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
corkscrew \cork"screw`\ (k[^o]rk"skr[udd]`), a.
shaped like a corkscrew; spiral; helical.
[PJC]
corkscrew stairs, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Corkscrew \Cork"screw`\, v. t.
To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way
through a crowd. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
corkscrew
n 1: a bottle opener that pulls corks [syn: corkscrew, bottle
screw]
v 1: move in a spiral or zigzag course [syn: corkscrew,
spiral]