In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.
the core of an apple or quince
The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
the core of a subject
A body of individuals; an assemblage.
He was in a core of people.
A miner's underground working time or shift.
Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
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.
An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc.
Some of the most popular "cores" at the moment—according to the Wiki's "trending pages" list—are cottage and goblin and trauma and angel. If the last one sounds appealing, you can participate by eating more meringues and buying a pet dove.
Forming the most important or essential part.
Privately held businesses may hold assets or have charges to their financial statements which are not core to their main business activity.
Deeply and authentically involved in the culture surrounding the sport.
Our interest is not in core skaters such as young males and pro skaters but the voices of those on the periphery of the subculture.
To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
To cut or drill through the core of (something).
To extract a sample with a drill.
The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and the wife of Hades.
Obsolete form of Korah.
From Middle English core, kore, coor (“apple-core, pith”), of obscure and uncertain origin. Possibly of native English origin, from Old English *cor, related to Old English *coruc, *corc (diminutive) ...
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