1. core - noun
· a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
Synonym(s): nucleus, core_group
Hypernym(s): set
2. core - noun
· the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core"
Hypernym(s): center, centre, midpoint
3. core - noun
· the central part of the Earth
Hypernym(s): center, centre, midpoint
4. core - noun
· the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
Synonym(s): kernel, substance, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart_and_soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
Hypernym(s): content, cognitive_content, mental_object
5. core - noun
· a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
Hypernym(s): sample
6. core - noun
· an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality
Synonym(s): Congress_of_Racial_Equality, CORE
Hypernym(s): nongovernmental_organization, NGO
7. core - noun
· the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Synonym(s): effect, essence, burden, gist
Hypernym(s): meaning, significance, signification, import
8. core - noun
· (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit"
Synonym(s): magnetic_core
9. core - noun
· the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
Hypernym(s): chamber
10. core - noun
· a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
Hypernym(s): bar
11. core - verb
· remove the core or center from; "core an apple"
Hypernym(s): hollow, hollow_out, core_out
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