1. core
noun. ['ˈkɔr'] a small group of indispensable persons or things.
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2. core
noun. ['ˈkɔr'] the center of an object.
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- core (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. core
noun. ['ˈkɔr'] the central part of the Earth.
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4. core
noun. ['ˈkɔr'] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
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- core (Middle English (1100-1500))
5. core
noun. ['ˈkɔr'] a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill.
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- core (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. core
verb. ['ˈkɔr'] remove the core or center from.
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7. core
noun. ['ˈkɔr'] a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil.
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- core (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. core
noun. ['ˈkɔr'] the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place.
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9. core
noun. ['ˈkɔr'] (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories.
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- core (English)
- core (Middle English (1100-1500))