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Meaning of 'core' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Core [ n.]
- A body of individuals; an assemblage.
- A miner's underground working time or shift.
- A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
- The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.
- The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square.
- The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.
- The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.
- A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.
- The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
2 . Core [ v. t.]
- To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.
- To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.

Meaning of 'core' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . core [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
Example in sentence:
  • each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit
Meaning (2):
- a small group of indispensable persons or things
Example in sentence:
  • five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program
Meaning (3):
- the center of an object
Example in sentence:
  • the ball has a titanium core
Meaning (4):
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Example in sentence:
  • the gist of the prosecutor's argument;
  • the heart and soul of the Republican Party;
  • the nub of the story
5 . core [ v]
Meaning (5):
- remove the core or center from
Example in sentence:
  • core an apple

Nearby Words:

cor cor- cor/niculate cora coracle coracoid corage coral coral fish coral-rag

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