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corkscrew

adjective as in spiral

noun as in kink

noun as in spiral

noun as in whorl

verb as in entwine

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Example Sentences

I asked, watching buzzards, white-backed vultures, and tawny eagles corkscrew skyward on thermals.

And a few infamous bugs, like the corkscrew-shaped bacterium called Helicobacter pylori, which can be downright carcinogenic.

The path rose more steeply now with a spiral twist to the right like the final turn of a corkscrew.

I meant, we were both in love, he said with the ghost of a smile, if your corkscrew advances towards matrimony can be called love.

There was a noise at the other end of the room, as if something was crawling up the iron corkscrew stair.

As it swallowed us we began to spiral rapidly around as though we were tobogganing down a giant corkscrew.

Here is a machine the central part of which resembles a great corkscrew or spiral constantly revolving.

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On this page you'll find 366 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to corkscrew, such as: coiled, curled, fuzzy, kinky, wavy, and convoluted.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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