Meaning of Core | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A body of individuals; an assemblage.
   obsolete
2. A miner's underground working time or shift.
3. 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.
4. An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc.
   neologism
5. Acronym of corporate responsibility.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
6. Acronym of Congress of Racial Equality.
   US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
7. In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.
   countable, uncountable
8. The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
   countable, uncountable
9. 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.
   Greek
10. Acronym of Center for Operations Research and Econometrics
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
11. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
12. The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
    countable, uncountable
13. Acronym of Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
14. A surname.
15. The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
    countable, uncountable
16. Acronym of Council on Rehabilitation Education.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
17. A neighbourhood of San Diego, California, United States.
18. The center or inner part of a space or area.
    countable, uncountable
19. The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
    countable, uncountable
20. Acronym of Computing Research and Education Association.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
21. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.
22. A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.
    countable, uncountable
23. The main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
    countable, uncountable
24. The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
    countable, uncountable
25. A thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topic
    countable, uncountable
26. particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
    countable, uncountable
27. The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.
    countable, uncountable
28. Ellipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, historical, informal, uncountable
29. An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).
    countable, uncountable
30. The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
    countable, uncountable
31. The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
    countable, uncountable
32. The central fissile portion of a fission weapon.
    countable, uncountable
33. A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
    countable, uncountable
34. A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.
    countable, uncountable
35. Hence particular parts of a subject studied or examined by technical operations, likened by position and practical or structural robustness to kernels, cores in the most vulgar sense above.
    countable, uncountable
36. A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
    countable, uncountable
37. The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
    countable, uncountable
38. A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
    countable, uncountable
39. The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
    countable, uncountable
40. A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
    countable, uncountable
41. An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“the core of an apple or quince”

“Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.”

“the core of the square”

“the core of a subject”

“Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core.”

“General vocabulary is often defined as a common core of English words and operationalized as the most frequent words in a balanced and representative corpus of English.”

“Photographs of cottagecore focuses on countrysides or forests.”

“I wanted to play a particular computer game, which required I buy a new computer, so while the game said it needed at least a dual-core processor, I wanted my computer to be a bit ahead of the curve, so I bought a quad-core.”

“a floor panel with a Nomex honeycomb core”

“In the engine room, the changing angle dropped the melted core to the deck. The hot mass attacked the steel deck first, burning through that, then the titanium of the hull. Five seconds later the engine room was vented to the sea.”

“In a hollow-core design, neutrons escape from the core more readily, allowing more fissile material to be used (and thus allowing for a greater yield) while still keeping the core subcritical prior to detonation.”

“[the skin of the sheep] is clear from cores and jogs under the jaws.”

“He was in a core of people.”

“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.”

“The rise of micro-cores coincides with the rise of hyper-specific internet aesthetics. There's even an Aesthetics Wiki that chronicles all the possible cores online, including, but not limited to, bubblegumbitchcore, cottagecore, and fairycore.”

“It's more than okay to let a microtrend be just that. Naming it as a "core" turns the clothing into a social media movement, and more often than not, the title is an overcomplication for rather basic color choices or fabric selections.”

“The aesthetic makes a convincing case for finding joy in fashion and experimenting with personal style rather than chasing every new 'core' that comes along. It encourages real excitement about getting creative with the clothes you already have in your wardrobe and therein lies the thrill of it.”

““I start heading back up to 125th and people are all buzzing, saying the police have beat up and arrested some CORE people.””

CEFR level