core

noun cores

1. countable, uncountable The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds. the core of an apple or quince
2. countable, uncountable The heart or inner part of a physical thing. Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal pa
3. countable, uncountable The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
4. countable, uncountable The center or inner part of a space or area. the core of the square
5. countable, uncountable The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence. the core of a subject
6. countable, uncountable The main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
7. countable, uncountable The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
8. countable, uncountable A thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topic Photographs of cottagecore focuses on countrysides or forests.
9. countable, uncountable The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.
10. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, historical, informal, uncountable Ellipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”).
11. countable, uncountable An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor). I wanted to play a particular computer game, which required I buy a new computer, so while the game said it needed at least a dual-core processor, I wanted my computer to be a bit ahead of the curve, so I bought a quad-core.
12. countable, uncountable The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material. a floor panel with a Nomex honeycomb core
13. countable, uncountable The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place. In the engine room, the changing angle dropped the melted core to the deck. The hot mass attacked the steel deck first, burning through that, then the titanium of the hull. Five seconds later the engine room was vented to the sea.
14. countable, uncountable The central fissile portion of a fission weapon. In a hollow-core design, neutrons escape from the core more readily, allowing more fissile material to be used (and thus allowing for a greater yield) while still keeping the core subcritical prior to detonation.
15. countable, uncountable A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
16. countable, uncountable A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.
17. countable, uncountable A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
18. countable, uncountable The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
19. countable, uncountable A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver. [the skin of the sheep] is clear from cores and jogs under the jaws.
20. countable, uncountable The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
21. countable, uncountable A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
22. countable, uncountable An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).

Similar: crux, gist

adjective

1. not comparable Forming the most important or essential part. Privately held businesses may hold assets or have charges to their financial statements which are not core to their main business activity.
2. not comparable Deeply and authentically involved in the culture surrounding the sport. Our interest is not in core skaters such as young males and pro skaters but the voices of those on the periphery of the subculture.

verb cores · coring · cored

1. To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
2. To cut or drill through the core of (something). But the other thing to take into account is, when you look at the Katahdin and the Polyphemus, they both have their boiler plants pretty much amidships or slightly forward of amidships, which means that, in the event of a heat-lance strike on the boiler room, not only is that gonna core through the
3. To extract a sample with a drill.

noun cores

1. obsolete A body of individuals; an assemblage. He was in a core of people.

noun cores

1. A miner's underground working time or shift.

noun cores

1. alternative, historical Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.

noun cores

1. A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.

noun cores

1. neologism An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc. Some of the most popular "cores" at the moment—according to the Wiki's "trending pages" list—are cottage and goblin and trauma and angel. If the last one sounds appealing, you can participate by eating more meringues and buying a pet dove.

noun

1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of corporate responsibility

proper noun

1. US, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Congress of Racial Equality “I start heading back up to 125th and people are all buzzing, saying the police have beat up and arrested some CORE people.”
2. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Center for Operations Research and Econometrics
3. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
4. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Council on Rehabilitation Education
5. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Computing Research and Education Association

proper noun Kore

1. Greek The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and the wife of Hades.
2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
3. A surname.
4. A neighbourhood of San Diego, California, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

proper noun

1. obsolete Obsolete form of Korah