Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corkscrew stake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: corkscrew s-take
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A steel stake, used for barbed-wire defences, the lower half of which is corkscrew-shaped, to enable it to be screwed into the ground.

Example Sentences

"So far we had done nothing except file past a tool-dump, where men had collected picks, shovels, coils of wire and corkscrew stakes."

Inflected Forms

corkscrew stakes (plural)

Synonyms

screw picket

Questions

What does corkscrew stake mean?: A steel stake, used for barbed-wire defences, the lower half of which is corkscrew-shaped, to enable it to be screwed into the ground.

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