core

Core is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɔː/, SAMPA: /kO:/
• (US) IPA: /kɔɚ/, SAMPA: /kO@`/
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Homophones

• corps
• chore (in certain dialects)

Noun

Singular core

Plural cores

An apple core

1. (countable) The core is the centre part of something.

   I bit into the apple core and spit out the seeds.

   The ideas in it still form the core of the government's economic plan.

   A core group of fans follow the team to every game.

   I was shaken to the core when I heard the terrible news.

Verb

Plain form core

Third-person singular cores

Past tense cored

Past participle cored

Present participle coring

1. (transitive) If you core something, you remove the centre from it.

   lemon juice • 4 eating apples, peeled, halved and cored • 1 tbsp of...