core

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English core, kore, coor (“apple-core, pith”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French cuer (“heart”), from Latin cor (“heart”); or from Old French cors (“body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). See also heart, corpse.

Noun [edit]

core (countable and uncountable; plural cores)

  1. The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
    the core of an apple or quince
  2. The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.
    • 2013 March 1, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 98: 
      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 passages.
  3. The center or inner part, as of an open space.
    the core of a square
  4. The most important part of a thing; the essence.
    the core of a subject
    • 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, The Onion AV Club:
      Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core.
  5. (engineering) The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole in or through a casting.
  6. The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
  7. (computing) magnetic memory.
  8. (computing) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one.
    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.
  9. (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
    a floor panel with a Nomex honeycomb core
  10. The inner part of a nuclear reactor in which the nuclear reaction takes place
  11. A piece of soft iron, inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from core (noun)
Translations [edit]
central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
heart of a thing
center or inner part
most important part of a thing
something that produces a hollow space in a casting
disorder of sheep
heart of a horn
computing: magnetic memory
one of severals parts in a computer processor
automotive: deposit of a rebuilt part
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Verb [edit]

core (third-person singular simple present cores, present participle coring, simple past and past participle cored)

  1. To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
  2. To extract a sample with a drill.
Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

See corps

Noun [edit]

core (plural cores)

  1. (obsolete) A body of individuals; an assemblage.
    • Francis Bacon
      He was in a core of people.
Translations [edit]
assemblage — see assemblage

Etymology 3 [edit]

See chore

Noun [edit]

core (plural cores)

  1. A miner's underground working time or shift.
Translations [edit]
miner's underground shift

Etymology 4 [edit]

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Noun [edit]

core (plural cores)

  1. A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
Translations [edit]
Hebrew dry measure

Etymology 5 [edit]

Possibly an acronym for cash on return

Noun [edit]

core (plural cores)

  1. (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) 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.

Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

core

  1. ablative singular of coris
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