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Meaning of corked up | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Stoppered with a cork.
    not-comparable
  2. Unable to speak; silenced.
    figuratively, not-comparable

Examples

“He shut up suddenly, corked up by a special item in his list of martyrdoms that squandered him to gloom.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

corkier corkiest corking corkingest corkish corkless

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