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Uncork
To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.
📖 Definitions of "Uncork"
verb
- 1
To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.
"uncork a bottle of wine"
- 2
To release.
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Uncork"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| openverb | (usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc. |
| unstopverb | To remove a stoppage; to clear a blockage. |
| unbottleverb | (transitive) To remove from a bottle. |
| corknoun | A bottle stopper made from this or any other material. |
| uncaskverb | (transitive) To remove from a cask. |
| unstopperverb | (transitive) To remove the stopper from. |
| uncloseverb | (transitive) To open; to unclench. |
| bottle offverb | (transitive) To draw from a cask and put into bottles. |
| unsealverb | (transitive) To break the seal of (something) in order to open it. |
| unboxnoun | (transitive) To remove from a box. |
| unclutchverb | (ambitransitive) To disengage (a clutch, etc.). |
| unheadverb | (transitive) To remove the lid from (a barrel or cask). |
| uncapverb | (transitive) To remove a physical cap or cover from. |
| unwrapverb | (transitive) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. |
| uncagenoun | To take out of or release from a cage. |
| stoppernoun | Someone or something that stops something. |
| pull outverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To remove something from a container. |
| unstoppleverb | (transitive) To remove the stopple from. |
| screw offverb | (idiomatic, colloquial) To fail to do one's work; to goof off. |
| unclenchverb | (intransitive) To relax, especially one's muscles. |
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