the central part of certain fleshy fruits, such as the apple or pear, consisting of the seeds and supporting parts
2.
a.
the central, innermost, or most essential part of something
the core of the argument
b.
(as modifier)
the core meaning
3.
a piece of magnetic material, such as soft iron, placed inside the windings of an electromagnet or transformer to intensify and direct the magnetic field
4. geology
the central part of the earth, beneath the mantle, consisting mainly of iron and nickel, which has an inner solid part surrounded by an outer liquid part
5.
a cylindrical sample of rock, soil, etc, obtained by the use of a hollow drill
6.
shaped body of material (in metal casting usually of sand) supported inside a mould to form a cavity of predetermined shape in the finished casting
7. physics
the region of a nuclear reactor in which the reaction takes place
8.
a layer of wood serving as a backing for a veneer
9. computing
a.
one of several processing units working in parallel in a computer
b.
a ferrite ring formerly used in a computer memory to store one bit of information
c. short for core store
d.
(as modifier)
core memory
10. archaeology
a lump of stone or flint from which flakes or blades have been removed
11. physics
the nucleus together with all complete electron shells of an atom