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

Core \Core\, n. (Elec.) A mass of iron, usually made of thin plates, upon which the conductor of an armature or of a transformer is wound.

Core \Core\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cord (k?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coring.]
1. To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an

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