core
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /kɔː/, SAMPA: /kO:/
- (GenAm) IPA: /kɔɹ/, SAMPA: /kO@`/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
- Homophones: corps, chore
[edit] Noun
core (countable and uncountable; plural cores)
- A body of individuals; an assemblage.
- A miner's underground working time or shift.
- A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
- The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.
- The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.
- 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.
- (engineering) The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole in or through a casting.
- The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
- (computing) magnetic memory.
- (computing) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one
- (automotive) 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. Said to be an acronym for Cash On REturn, but that may be a backronym.
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[edit] Translations
assemblage — see assemblage
Hebrew dry measure
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
computing: magnetic memory
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one of severals parts in a computer processor
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[edit] Verb
core (third-person singular simple present cores, present participle coring, simple past and past participle cored)
- To remove the core (4) of an apple.
- To extract a sample with a drill.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
core
- ablative singular of coris
