CORKED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corked mean? 

• CORKED (adjective)
  The adjective CORKED has 1 sense:

1. (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin

  Familiarity information: CORKED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORKED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin

Synonyms:

corked; corky

Context example:

a corked port

Similar:

bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)

 Context examples 

In his pocket was a bottle, carefully corked, empty save for a little roll of paper, which proved to be the addendum to the log.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Nonsense!” replied my aunt, and corked herself again, at one blow.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

So nothing came of these trials, and Jo corked up her inkstand, and said in a fit of very wholesome humility...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

And corked herself as before.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)