CORE
Scrabble letter values: C3O1R1E1 = 6
Definition
- verb remove the core or center from.
- noun a small group of indispensable persons or things. — synonyms: nucleus, core_group
- noun the center of an object.
- noun the central part of the Earth.
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. — synonyms: kernel, substance, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart_and_soul
- noun a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill.
- noun an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality. — synonyms: Congress_of_Racial_Equality
- noun the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. — synonyms: effect, essence, burden, gist
- noun (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data. — synonyms: magnetic_core
- noun the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place.
- noun a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil.
Examples
- “core an apple”
- “five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program”
- “the ball has a titanium core”