Definition/Meaning of core

• English - Noun: core (countable and uncountable, plural cores) (countable, uncountable) In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.: The central part of a fruit , containing the kernels or seeds . the core of an apple or quince (countable, uncountable) The heart or inner part of a physical thing. 2013 March 28, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American…
• English - Adjective: core (not comparable) (not comparable) Forming the most important or essential part. 2009, Greg Hayes, A Practical Guide to Business Valuations for SMEs, page 68: Privately held businesses may hold assets or have charges to their financial statements which are not core to their main business activity. 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for…
• English - Verb: core (third-person singular simple present cores, present participle coring, simple past and past participle cored) 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 .
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. 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) (> Middle English cork , crok (“core of an apple or other fruit, heart of an onion”)) and Old English corn (“seed", also "grain”); or alternatively perhaps from Old French cuer…
• English - Pronunciation: (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kɔː/ (General American) IPA: /koɹ/ , [kʰo̞ɹ] IPA: /ko(ː)ɹ/ , /koə/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Homophone: corps Homophone: caw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) Homophone: corps Homophone: caw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) Homophone: corps