core

core
[[t]kɔr, koʊr[/t]]
n. v. cored, cor•ing
1) bot the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds
2) the central, innermost, or most essential part of anything
3) elm the piece of iron, bundle of iron wires, or other ferrous material forming the central or inner portion in an electromagnet, induction coil, transformer, or the like
4) gel min (in mining, geology, etc.) a cylindrical sample of earth, mineral, or rock extracted from the ground so that the strata are undisturbed in the sample
5) ant ara a lump of stone from which prehistoric humans struck flakes in order to make tools
6) gel the central portion of the earth, having a radius of about 2100 mi. (3379 km) and believed to be composed mainly of iron and nickel in a molten state
Compare crust 7),mantle 3)
7) phs the region in a nuclear reactor that contains its fissionable material
8) cmp an assemblage of small magnetized ferrite rings used as a data-storage medium in some computers
9) mel a thickness of base metal beneath a cladding
10) tex
heart 15)
11) to remove the core of (fruit)
12) to cut from the central part
13) to remove (a cylindrical sample) from the interior, as of the earth or a tree trunk
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Etymology: 1275–1325; ME; orig. uncert.; perh. < OF cors body < L corpus core′less, adj.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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