Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recorker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: recork-er
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person or device that replaces corks in bottles.

Example Sentences

"In 1984 they sent their recorkers and special equipment to the East Coast where they replaced corks in hundreds of bottles of Lafites. This year they journey to Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago."
"If you're concerned about uncorking a bottle for just a few ounces, then purchase one of the nifty special bottle recorkers […]"

Etymology

From recork + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: recork

Inflected Forms

recorkers (plural)

Questions

What does recorker mean?: A person or device that replaces corks in bottles.
Where does recorker come from?: From recork + -er.

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