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Antonyms for core

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kawr, kohr
Phonetic Transcription : kɔr, koʊr

Definition of core

Origin :
  • late 14c., probably from Old French coeur "core of fruit, heart of lettuce," literally "heart," from Latin cor "heart," from PIE root *kerd- "heart" (see heart). Nuclear reactor sense is from 1949.
  • noun center, gist
Example sentences :
  • Then, as in Fig. 9, cut the core loose from the outside skin.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Even the best of them were rotten to the core, and but mere adventurers.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • It turned out that a splinter of iron wire had penetrated the core.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Pare and core them, and either leave them whole, or cut them into quarters.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • The stick can do him no good, and I want it in my heart's core.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Here, as Rawson had sensed, was new material to form the core of a world.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • Peel six large apples, take out the core with the point of a small knife or an apple scoop, but the fruit must be left whole.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Pare and core the fruit, after being wiped clean; then boil the cores and parings in a little water, till it tastes well.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • We might as well get at the core of this thing, in short order.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • Then he became aware that, ahead of him, was the center and core of excitement.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Synonyms for core

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