CORE

Definition:

1. [noun] the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core"
   
   
2. [noun] a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
   Synonyms: nucleus, group
   
   
3. [noun] the central part of the Earth
   
   
4. [noun] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
   Synonyms: kernel, substance, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
   
   
5. [noun] a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
   
   
6. [noun] an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality
   Synonyms: Congress of Racial Equality, CORE
   
   
7. [noun] the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   Synonyms: effect, essence, burden, gist
   
   
8. [noun] the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
   
   
9. [noun] a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
   
   
10. [verb] remove the core or center from; "core an apple"
    
    

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Related Words:

• corncob
• cadre
• bare bones
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• quintessence
• stuff
• magnetic core

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