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core

Definition

  • noun: the central part of a fruit (such as an apple) that contains the seeds
  • noun: a central and often foundational part usually distinct from the enveloping part by a difference in nature
  • verb: to remove a core from (a fruit)
  • verb: to remove a core from
  • synonyms: assemblage, core memory, random access memory

Examples

  • He knows that he can count on the support of a 'hard core' of party loyalists.

  • The 'core' of the government's plan is to provide loans for small businesses.

  • an apple 'corer' [=a device that is used to remove the core from an apple]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) all emergency procedures. All personnel to emergency stations. I have hull breaches in levels to , , , and , sir. Captain, in a sec I could reroute the energy from the warp core to the impulse engines. Evacuating have no need, we have to do it. Do whatever you have to, Scotty. Keenser let's go. (..)
    2016 Star Trek Beyond
  • (..) As for me things have started to feel Sorry, I'm late. Keenser's weakend by some hallious seed green flu... ...and Scotty is terrified, he's gonna sneeze on warp core and kill us all. What the hell are you drink? Pretty sure it's the rest of that Saurian brandy we picked up on Thasus. (..)
    2016 Star Trek Beyond