CORE (kôr, k r)abbr. Congress of Racial Equality |
| core (kôr, kr) n. 1. The hard or fibrous central part of certain fruits, such as the apple or pear, containing the seeds. 2. The central or innermost part: the hard elastic core of a baseball; a rod with a hollow core. 3. The basic or most important part; the essence: a small core of dedicated supporters; the core of the problem. See Synonyms at substance. 4. A set of subjects or courses that make up a required portion of a curriculum. 5. Electricity A soft iron rod in a coil or transformer that provides a path for and intensifies the magnetic field produced by the windings. 6. a. Computer Science A memory, especially one consisting of a series of tiny doughnut-shaped masses of magnetic material. Also called core memory. b. One of the magnetic doughnut-shaped masses that make up such a memory. Also called magnetic core. 7. The central portion of the earth below the mantle, beginning at a depth of about 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) and probably consisting of iron and nickel. It is made up of a liquid outer core and a solid inner core. 8. A mass of dry sand placed within a mold to provide openings or shape to a casting. 9. A reactor core. 10. A cylindrical sample of rock, ice, or other material obtained from the center of a mass by drilling or cutting. 11. The base, usually of soft or inferior wood, to which veneer woods are glued. 12. Archaeology A stone from which one or more flakes have been removed, serving as a source for such flakes or as a tool itself. tr.v. cored, cor·ing, cores 1. To remove the core from: core apples. 2. To remove (a cylindrical sample) from something, such as a glacier. [Middle English.] |
core
Noun
1. the central part of certain fleshy fruits, containing the seeds
2. the central or essential part of something: the historic core of the city
3. a piece of magnetic soft iron inside an electromagnet or transformer
4. Geol the central part of the earth
5. a cylindrical sample of rock or soil, obtained by the use of a hollow drill
6. Physics the region of a nuclear reactor containing the fissionable material
7. Computers the main internal memory of a computer
Verb
[coring, cored]
to remove the core from (fruit) [origin unknown]
| core (kôr) 1. The central or innermost portion of the Earth, lying below the mantle and probably consisting of iron and nickel. It is divided into a liquid outer core, which begins at a depth of 2,898 km (1,800 mi), and a solid inner core, which begins at a depth of 4,983 km (3,090 mi). 2. A piece of magnetizable material, such as a rod of soft iron, that is placed inside an electrical coil or transformer to intensify and provide a path for the magnetic field produced by the current running through the wire windings. 3. The central part of a nuclear reactor where atomic fission occurs. The core contains the fuel, the coolant, and the moderator. 4. A long, cylindrical sample of soil, rock, or ice collected with a drill to study the strata of material that are not visible from the surface. 5. A stone from which one or more flakes have been removed, serving as a tool in itself or as a source of flakes from which other tools could be fashioned. Stones used as cores include flint, chert, and obsidian. See more at core tool. |
Core a number of people or objects that form the centre or main part of a group, organization, or society; players in a curling match; miners in one shift, hence, core of people, 1622.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | core - a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program" set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" cadre - a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion |
| 2. |  core - the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core" | |
| 3. | core - the central part of the Earth | |
| 4. | core - 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" essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, gist, kernel, nub, meat, sum, marrow, heart, center, centre cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story" hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality haecceity, quiddity - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other quintessence - the purest and most concentrated essence of something stuff - a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative" | |
| 5. | core - a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill sample - all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class | |
| 6. | CORE - an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality NGO, nongovernmental organization - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government | |
| 7. | core - the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work meaning, signification, import, significance - the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" | |
| 8. | core - (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit" core memory, magnetic core memory - (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories RAM, random access memory, random memory, random-access memory, read/write memory - the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | |
| 9. | core - the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space nuclear reactor, reactor - (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements | |
| 10. | core - a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil bar - a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" magnet - (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | |
| Verb | 1. | core - remove the core or center from; "core an apple" |
core
noun 1. centre,
Translations
core [kɔːʳ] n [of earth, nuclear reactor] → centro, núcleo; [of fruit] → corazón m [of problem etc] → esencia, meollo
CORE [kɔːʳ] (US) n abbr (= Congress of Racial Equality) → Ausschuss für Rassengleichheit
core [kɔːʳ] n → Kern m;
core [kɔːʳ] n → Kern m;
(of fruit) → Kerngehäuse nt
vt → das Kerngehäuse ausschneiden aus;
n core [koː]
the innermost part of something, especially fruit an apple-core; the core of the earth. kern قَلْب، لُب، نواه сърцевина jádřinec, jádro kerne; midte; centrum; hjerte der Kern πυρήνας corazón (fruta); núcleo südamik, tuum هسته؛ بخش درونی siemenkota, ydin coeur לִיבָּה भीतरी भाग, गुठली srž, sredina, jezgra mag inti kjarni torsolo; nucleo しん (과실의) 속 šerdis, vidurys, esmė [] kodols; serde; serdenis; būtība teras binnenste kjerne(hus) rdzeń caroço miez; centru сердцевина; ядро jadrovník; jadro jedro središte kärna แกน göbek, çekirdek 果核, 核心 серцевина; ядро گودا، مغز nhân; lõi 果核, 中心, 核心
v
to take out the core of (fruit) Core the apples. ontkern يَنزَع نواة الثَّمَـره، يُجوِّف изрязвам сърцевината vyjmout jádřinec udkerne entkernen ξεκουκουτσιάζω quitar el corazón a südamikku välja võtma هسته درآوردن poistaa siemenkota enlever le coeur de גַרעִין बीज कोषक izvaditi jezgru kimagoz membuang bagian tengah tempat biji taka kjarna úr estrarre il torsolo; estrarre la parte centrale しんを抜く (과실의) 속을 빼다 išimti/išpjauti šerdį/vidurį izņemt serdi empulur uitboren ta ut kjernehuset wydrążyć descaroçar a scoate miezul вырезать сердцевину vybrať jadrovník izluščiti jezgro kärna ur เอาแกนออก (จากผลไม้) göbeğini/çekirdeğini çıkarmak 挖去...的果核 вирізати серцевину گودا نكالنا lấy lõi ra 挖去...的果心
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