CORE

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   In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.; The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.countableuncountable

   • the core of an apple or quince
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   In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.; The heart or inner part of a physical thing.countableuncountable

   • 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-curre
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   In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.; The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.countableuncountable

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   In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.; The center or inner part of a space or area.countableuncountable

   • the core of the square
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   The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.countableuncountable

   • the core of a subject
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   The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.; A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.countableuncountable

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   The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.; A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.countableuncountable

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   The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.; A thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topiccountableuncountable

   • Photographs of cottagecore focuses on countrysides or forests.
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   particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:; 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.countableuncountable

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    particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:; Ellipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”).abbreviationalt-ofcountable

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   Forming the most important or essential part.not-comparable

   • Privately held businesses may hold assets or have charges to their financial statements which are not core to their main business activity.
   • These lists cover important vocabulary from eight core subjects that students need to master during secondary education: Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, Geology, History, Mathematics, and Physics.
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   Deeply and authentically involved in the culture surrounding the sport.not-comparable

   • 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.
   • […] which provoked resistance among the 'core' snowboarders.

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   To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.

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   To cut or drill through the core of (something).

   • But the other thing to take into account is, when you look at the Katahdin and the Polyphemus, they both have their boiler plants pretty much amidships or slightly forward of amidships, which means that, in the event of a heat-lance strike
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   To extract a sample with a drill.

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   A body of individuals; an assemblage.obsolete

   • He was in a core of people.

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   A miner's underground working time or shift.

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   Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.alt-ofalternativehistorical

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   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.

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   An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc.neologism

   • 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.
   • 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.