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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

  • (..) - I can supercharge the spire from below. - Running numbers. - A heat seal could work with enough power. - Thor, I got a plan! We're out of time. They're coming for the core. - Rhodey, get the rest of the people on board that carrier. - On it. Avengers, time to work for a living. - You good? (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • (..) Let's finish the job. - I really hope this makes us even. - (grunt) - Now go be a hero. - Raaar! The Vibranium core has got a magnetic field, that's what's keeping the rock together. - If it drops? - Right now the impact would kill thousands. Once it gets high enough... ...global extinction. Hi. (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron