Etymology : Middle English
Pronunciation : kOr, kor
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. central part of a fruit (containing the seeds); center, heart; cross-sectional sample (of soil, ice, etc.). remove the core of a fruit, take out the center section of a fruit. core\core\, n. (elec.) a mass of iron, usually made of thin plates, upon which the conductor of an armature or of a transformer is wound.core \core\ (kōr), n. [f. corps. see:
corps.] a body of individuals; an assemblage. [obs.] he was in a core of people.core \core\, n. [cf. chore.] (mining.) a miner's underground working time or shift. mond.note: the twenty-four hours are divided into three or four cores.core \core\, n. [heb. kōr: cf. gr. ko`ros.] a hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. xi. 32 (douay version).core \core\, n. [of. cor, coer, cuer, f. cÂœur, fr. l. cor heart. see:
heart.].
2. 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. a fever at the core, fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore.
3. the center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square. [obs.] w. raleigh.
4. the most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.
5. (founding) the portion 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.
6. a disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver. [prov. eng.].
7. (anat.) the bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.core box (founding), a box or mold, usually divisible, in which cores are molded.core print (founding), a projecting piece on a pattern which forms, in the mold, an impression for holding in place or steadying a core.core \core\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. cord (kōrd); p. pr. & vb. n. coring.].
8. to take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple. he's like a corn upon my great toe he must be cored out.
9. to form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.core n.
10. the center of an object; "do not eat the apple core".
11. a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program" [syn: nucleus, core group].
12. the central part of the earth.
13. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the republican party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty].
14. a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill.
15. an organization founded by james leonard farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality [syn: congress of racial equality , core].
16. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, gist].
17. the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place.
18. a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil remove the core or center from; "core an apple".
19. A body of individuals; an assemblage.
20. A miner's underground working time or shift.
21. A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
22. 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.
23. The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square.
24. The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.
25. The portion 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.
26. A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.
27. The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
28. To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.
29. To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
30. A mass of iron, usually made of thin plates, upon which the conductor of an armature or of a transformer is wound. a bar of magnetic material that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program" the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core" the central part of the Earth a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill remove the core or center from; "core an apple".
31. 1. The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips. Peel the pears and remove the cores.
32. If you core a fruit, you remove its core. machines for peeling and coring apples.
33. The core of an object, building, or city is the central part of it. the earth's core The core of the city is a series of ancient squares. = centre.
34. The core of something such as a problem or an issue is the part of it that has to be understood or accepted before the whole thing can be understood or dealt with. the ability to get straight to the core of a problem = heart.
35. A core team or a core group is a group of people who do the main part of a job or piece of work. Other people may also help, but only for limited periods of time. We already have our core team in place A core of about six staff would continue with the project.
36. In a school or college, core subjects are a group of subjects that have to be studied. The core subjects are English, mathematics and science a core of nine academic subjects.
37. The core businesses or the core activities of a company or organization are their most important ones. The group plans to concentrate on six core businesses However, the main core of the company performed outstandingly. see also:
hard core, hard-core, soft-core.
38. You can use to the core to describe someone who is a very strong supporter of someone or something and will never change their views. For example, you can say that someone is Republican to the core. The villagers are royalist to the core. = through and through.
39. If someone is shaken to the core or shocked to the core, they are extremely shaken or shocked. Leonard was shaken to the core; he'd never seen or read anything like it. Congress of Racial Equality. In earth science, the part of the Earth that starts about 1,800 mi (2,900 km) beneath the surface and extends downward. It consists largely of an iron-rich metallic alloy and is thought to have a two-part structure: an outer fluid region and a solid, extremely dense inner region that measures only about 1,500 mi (2,400 km) across. The alloy composition is mainly iron with small amounts of nickel. This composition is deduced from the chemistry of iron meteorites that presumably came from the breakup of a planetary body that also had an iron core. See also crust; mantle.
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