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corkiness

corkiness noun: the quality of being corky.

Noun

corkiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being corky.
    • Once you know how, spotting corked wine is easy – but the fact is that you shouldn't have to. It takes time to learn to distinguish different characters in a wine – and corkiness is one of them2007, Giles Kime, The laid back wine guide

Origin of corkiness

From corky + -ness.

Questions about corkiness

What does corkiness mean?
Corkiness means the quality of being corky.
What part of speech is corkiness?
Corkiness is a noun.

Words near corkiness in the dictionary

  1. corkiest
  2. Corkill
  3. Corkills
  4. corkindrill
  5. corkindrills
  6. corkiness
  7. corking
  8. corking it
  9. corking off
  10. corking out
  11. corking pin

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