Word Frequency
core (kɔː
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Definitions
noun
- the central part of certain fleshy fruits, such as the apple or pear, consisting of the seeds and supporting parts
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- the central, innermost, or most essential part of something ⇒
the core of the argument
- (as modifier) ⇒
the core meaning
- the central, innermost, or most essential part of something ⇒
- a piece of magnetic material, such as soft iron, placed inside the windings of an electromagnet or transformer to intensify and direct the magnetic field
- (geology) the central part of the earth, beneath the mantle, consisting mainly of iron and nickel, which has an inner solid part surrounded by an outer liquid part
- a cylindrical sample of rock, soil, etc, obtained by the use of a hollow drill
- shaped body of material (in metal casting usually of sand) supported inside a mould to form a cavity of predetermined shape in the finished casting
- (physics) the region of a nuclear reactor in which the reaction takes place
- a layer of wood serving as a backing for a veneer
- (computing)
- one of several processing units working in parallel in a computer
- a ferrite ring formerly used in a computer memory to store one bit of information
- short for core store
- (as modifier) ⇒
core memory
- (archaeology) a lump of stone or flint from which flakes or blades have been removed
- (physics) the nucleus together with all complete electron shells of an atom
verb
- tr to remove the core from (fruit)
Derived Forms
ˈcoreless adjectiveWord Origin
C14: of uncertain originTranslations for 'core'
- British English: core The core of a fruit is the central part containing seeds or pips....an apple core.kɔː NOUN
- Arabic: لُبّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: núcleo
- Chinese: 果核
- Croatian: jezgra
- Czech: jádřinec
- Danish: kerne
- Dutch: kern
- European Spanish: corazón
- Finnish: siemenkota
- French: cœurcentre
- German: Kerngehäuse Kerngehäuse
- Greek: πυρήνας
- Italian: torsolo
- Japanese: 芯
- Korean: 핵심
- Norwegian: kjerne
- Polish: gniazdo nasienne
- Portuguese: caroço
- Romanian: miez miezuri
- Russian: сердцевина
- Spanish: núcleo
- Swedish: kärnhus
- Thai: แกน
- Turkish: çekirdekmeyve
- Ukrainian: серцевина
- Vietnamese: lõi
- British English: core If you core a fruit, you remove its core. VERB...machines for peeling and coring apples.
- Brazilian Portuguese: descaroçar
- Chinese: 去核
- European Spanish: quitar el corazón de
- French: évider
- German: entkernen
- Italian: estrarre il torsolo da
- Japanese: しんを取る
- Korean: 과일의 속을 빼다
- Portuguese: descaroçar
- Spanish: quitar el corazón de
Example Sentences Including 'core'
All of them have the same iron quality to them - not in the face, in their core.Fools Gold
Amplification of the faintest signals is now routine, including those that have travelled through the innermost core of our planet.THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
Finally, no real man could fail to be wowed by the core message of the latest Guinness ad (ITV).Glasgow Herald (2001)
Gases and particles trapped in the layers of an ice core provide information about the Earth's climate and atmosphere.New Scientist (2003)
It is losing market share in its core business of personal borrowing.Irish Times (2002)
Many were dead and gaunt, bitten to the core by the eastern winds.THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2004)
She knew at once that the possessive link of Sheila's name to Darren's was the irrational core of the irritation.An Older Woman
This was the first time archaeologists had been able to trace the city's development north-eastwards from its medieval core.Irish Times (2002)
This winter, therefore, we are bringing them all into the core.Glasgow Herald (2001)
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