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corkscrew
adjective as in curly
adjective as in spiral
noun as in coil
noun as in drill
noun as in kink
noun as in wave
Strong matches
Weak match
verb as in coil
verb as in curl
verb as in entwine
verb as in twine
verb as in twist
Example Sentences
Campione has become known for her unique specialism in dolls, doll houses, automata, birdcages and corkscrews.
After drying during a series of slow corkscrews, the new magazine’s edges were chopped smooth by guillotines and emerged through an opening.
He and others allegedly tortured the man for two hours, inserting a corkscrew into his muscles, ripping it out and placing hot chiles in the wounds.
At the state’s Enterprise Services Surplus Operations retail store, in Tumwater, Thurston County, bargain hunters could choose from knives, corkscrews, pool cues and other items that have been confiscated by airport security.
Where shorter colonies spun around an axis, like a spiraling football, longer chains would buckle and coil like a corkscrew.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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