Core

n. central part of a fruit (containing the seeds); center, heart; cross-sectional sample (of soil, ice, etc.)

v. remove the core of a fruit, take out the center section of a fruit

Core may refer to: In media:Core (album), an album by Stone Temple PilotsCore (Persefone album)Core (radio station), a digital radio station in the United KingdomThe Core, a 2003 science fiction filmCore Design, a videogame developer best known for the Tomb Raider seriesC.O.R.E., a computer animation studio
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The Congress of Racial Equality or CORE is a U.S. civil rights organization that played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century. Membership in CORE is stated to be open to "anyone who believes that 'all people are created equal' and is willing to work towards the ultimate goal of true equality throughout the world."
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Noun
1. an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality
(synonym) Congress of Racial Equality
(hypernym) nongovernmental organization, NGO

Noun
1. the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core"
(hypernym) center, centre, midpoint
(hyponym) corncob
2. a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
(synonym) nucleus, core group
(hypernym) set
(hyponym) cadre
3. the central part of the Earth
(hypernym) center, centre, midpoint
4. 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) kernel, substance, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) bare bones
5. a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
(hypernym) sample
6. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
(synonym) effect, essence, burden, gist
(hypernym) meaning, significance, signification, import
7. the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
(hypernym) chamber
(part-holonym) nuclear reactor, reactor
8. a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
(hypernym) bar
(hyponym) magnetic core
(part-holonym) magnet
Verb
1. remove the core or center from; "core an apple"
(hypernym) hollow, hollow out, core out

v. blush, redden, flush; color, paint, bleach

(v. t.)
To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.
  

(v. t.)
To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
  

(n.)
The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.
  

(n.)
The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.
  

(n.)
The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.
  

(n.)
The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square.
  

(n.)
The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
  

(n.)
A miner's underground working time or shift.
  

(n.)
A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
  

(n.)
A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.
  

(n.)
A body of individuals; an assemblage.