corenoun
uk/kɔːr/us/kɔːr/core noun (IMPORTANT PART)
C2 [ S or U ] the basic and most important part of something:
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- The radicals in the party were clearly sacked to propitiate the conservative core.
- Hardline rightwingers form the core of the movement.
- The core of our workforce comes from local families.
- A desire for justice is at the core of his arguments.
- The core of her philosophy is respect for life.
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Places and locations
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- action
- direction
- ground zero
- heartland
- location
- oxygen bar
- place
- point
- post
- scene
- seat
- set
- setting
- situation
- spot
- station
- stronghold
- the holy of holies
- venue
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core noun (CENTRE)
C2 [ C ] the hard central part of some fruits, such as apples, that contains the seeds:
[ C ] the centre of a planet:
[ C ] specialized physics The core of a nuclear reactor (= a device in which atoms are changed to produce energy) is the place where fission (= the dividing of atoms) happens.
[ C ] specialized anatomy the muscles around your pelvis, hips, and abdomen that you use in most body movements:
[ C ] specialized geology a long, thin cylinder-shaped mass of material taken out of the earth for study
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Fruits & seeds & their parts
- acorn
- chaff
- coffee bean
- endosperm
- fruiterer
- grain
- kernel
- mielie
- nut
- pine cone
- pine nut
- pit
- pith
- seeded
- seeded
- sesame seed
- stalk
- thistledown
- windfall
- zest
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coreadjective
uk/kɔːr/us/kɔːr/core adjective (IMPORTANT)
most important or most basic:
a value, belief, etc. that is basic and more important than any other:
the most important or largest part of a company's business activities:
the most important parts of a course of study, that all students must learn
found in the main part of the body, but not the arms or the legs:
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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- -ist
- article of faith
- attitude
- attitudinal
- baggage
- banner
- be a matter of opinion idiom
- eye
- judgment
- manifesto
- matter
- mindset
- mythology
- stand
- try sth out on sb
- turn of mind
- voice
- what makes sb tick idiom
- your idea of sth idiom
- your two cents' worth idiom
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coreverb [ T ]
uk/kɔːr/us/kɔːr/to remove the core from a piece of fruit:
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Removing the skin or seed from fruit & vegetables
- hull
- pare
- peel
- pit
- pitted
- seed
- seeded
- shell
- shuck
- skinless
- stone
- stoned
- top
- top and tail idiom
- winnow