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recorking

recorking is the present participle and gerund of recork.

Meaning of recork

Verb

recork (third-person singular simple present recorks, present participle recorking, simple past and past participle recorked)

  1. (transitive) To replace a cork in (a bottle).

Noun

recorking (countable and uncountable, plural recorkings)

  1. The act of closing something again with a cork.
    • Two and often three disgorgings and recorkings are needed before it is safe to send out for sale.1869, William Joseph Flagg, Three Seasons in European Vineyards, page 108

Forms of recorking

pluralrecorkings

Questions about recorking

What does recorking mean?
Recorking means the act of closing something again with a cork.
What is recorking the present participle and gerund of?
Recorking is the present participle and gerund of recork.
What part of speech is recorking?
Recorking is a noun.
What is the plural of recorking?
The plural of recorking is recorkings.

Words near recorking in the dictionary

  1. Recores
  2. recork
  3. recorked
  4. recorker
  5. recorkers
  6. recorking
  7. recorkings
  8. recorks
  9. recoronate
  10. recoronation
  11. recoronations

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