English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "kurktrekker" is 'n gereedskap wat bestaan uit 'n spiraalvormige metaal- of houtstaaf met 'n puntige punt en 'n handvatsel, wat gebruik word om kurke uit bottels te trek. Die term "kurktrekker" kan ook verwys na 'n draaiende, spiraalvormige of heliese vorm of beweging, of 'n persoon of ding met so 'n vorm.

Synonyms

  1. bottle screw

Sentence Examples

  1. Before it even had time to know what happened, it fell to the earth bleeding a black ooze from corkscrew sized pours.
  2. These I soon found when I struck up a tributary of the big river, and got into a glen with steep hills all about me, and a corkscrew road at the end which climbed over a pass.
  3. His right arm was twisted almost like a corkscrew and attached to a humped and lumpy shoulder.