core

Meanings

Noun

Adjective

Verb

  • To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
  • To extract a sample with a drill.

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Origin

  • From Middle English core, kore, coor, of uncertain origin. Possibly of native English origin (compare Old English corn, or perhaps from Old French cuer ("heart"), from Latin cor ("heart"); or from Old French cors ("body"), from Latin corpus ("body"). Compare also Middle English colk, coke, coll, Dutch kern, German Kern. See also heart, corpse.
  • See corps
  • See chore
  • From Hebrew כֹּר
  • Possibly an acronym for cash on return

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