Core

Quick meaning: Core is a noun meaning In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.

Meaning

In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.

More Meanings

1. The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
2. particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
3. Forming the most important or essential part.
4. (board sports) Deeply and authentically involved in the culture surrounding the sport.
5. To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
6. To cut or drill through the core of (something).
7. 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 general sense above.

Example Sentences

the core of a subject

Our interest is not in core skaters such as young males and pro skaters but the voices of those on the periphery of the subculture.

Privately held businesses may hold assets or have charges to their financial statements which are not core to their main business activity.

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.

Word Forms

• cores
• coring
• cored

Synonyms for core

Depending on context, synonyms include crux, gist, essence, pith, effect, substance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pith, meat, nub, marrow, heart, nucleus.

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