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Princeton's WordNet

  1. corked, corkyadjective

    (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin

    "a corked port"

Wiktionary

  1. corkedadjective

    Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.

  2. corkedadjective

    Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.

    Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?

Wikipedia

  1. corked

    Cork taint is a broad term referring to a wine fault characterized by a set of undesirable smells or tastes found in a bottle of wine, especially spoilage that can only be detected after bottling, aging and opening. Though modern studies have shown that other factors can also be responsible for taint – including wooden barrels, storage conditions and the transport of corks and wine – the cork stopper is normally considered to be responsible, and a wine found to be tainted on opening is said to be corked or "corky". Cork taint can affect wines irrespective of price and quality level. The chief cause of cork taint is the presence of the chemical compounds 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA) or 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA) in the wine, which in many cases will have been transferred from the cork, but which also can have been transferred through the cork rather than from it. TCA is a compound which does not occur naturally. It is created when some fungi are treated with chlorinated phenolic compounds, which are a type of antimicrobial agent used in the processing of wood. This compound is one of the chief factors responsible for the problem associated with mold liable to be found in cork. Very small amounts of this compound, on the order of nanograms, can be responsible for this defect. Corked wine containing TCA has a characteristic odor, variously described as resembling a moldy newspaper, wet dog, damp cloth, or damp basement. In almost all cases of corked wine the wine's native aromas are reduced significantly, and a very tainted wine is quite unpalatable, although harmless. While the human threshold for detecting TCA is measured in the single-digit parts per trillion, this can vary by several orders of magnitude depending on an individual's sensitivity. Detection is also complicated by the olfactory system's particularly quick habituation to TCA, making the smell less obvious on each subsequent sniff.

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  1. corked

    Corked primarily refers to a condition related to wine when it develops an off-odor or taste due to a faulty or contaminated cork. The wine usually has a musty smell, similar to wet dog or damp cardboard, and its taste can be dull. The term can also be used more generally to refer to something that's sealed or closed with a cork.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Corked

    of Cork

  2. Corkedadjective

    having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked

Wikidata

  1. Corked

    Corked is a 2007 film directed by Paul Hawley and Ross Clendenen.

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  1. rocked

  2. docker

  3. redock

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of corked in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of corked in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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