Definition of "core"
- noun
The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
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.
The most important part of a thing; the essence.
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.
Magnetic memory.
An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one.
The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
The inner part of a nuclear reactor in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
A piece of soft iron, inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
A body of individuals; an assemblage.
A miner's underground working time or shift.
A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
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.
- verb
To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
To extract a sample with a drill.
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