Nouns (14)
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core
n. the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core"
core
n. the central part of the Earth
core
n. the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
core
n. a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
core, magnetic core
n. (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit"
core, nucleus, core group
n. a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
effect, essence, burden, core, gist
n. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Verbs (1)
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core
v. remove the core or center from; "core an apple"
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Adjectives (0)
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Fuzzynyms (47)
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venter
n. a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
center, centre, middle, heart, eye
n. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
centrality
n. the property of being central
hub
n. a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve; "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the airport is the economic hub of the area"
nidus
n. a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs
focus, focal point
n. a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
focus
n. a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
hub
n. a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve; "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the airport is the economic hub of the area"
bloc, axis
n. a group of countries in special alliance
bottom
n. the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"
footing, basis, ground
n. a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
foundation
n. the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"
center, centre, middle, heart, eye
n. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
n. the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
support
n. supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation; "the statue stood on a marble support"
inside, interior
n. the region that is inside of something
area, country
n. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
message, content, subject matter, substance
n. what a communication that is about something is about
crux, crux of the matter
n. the most important point
subject, topic, theme
n. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"
fact
n. a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"
truth, true statement
n. a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
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Antonyms (4)
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surface, Earth's surface
n. the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"
outside, exterior
n. the region that is outside of something
core
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