Pronunciation: (kôr, kōr), [key]
n., v., cored, cor•ing.

3. Also called magnetic core. Elect.the piece of iron, bundle of iron wires, or other ferrous material forming the central or inner portion in an electromagnet, induction coil, transformer, or the like. See diag. under electromagnet.
5. the inside wood of a tree.
6. Anthropol.a lump of stone, as flint, from which prehistoric humans struck flakes in order to make tools. Cf. flake tool.
7. Carpentry.
a. a thickness of wood forming a base for a veneer.
b. a wooden construction, as in a door, forming a backing for veneers.
8. Engin.kern2.
9. Metall.
a. a thickness of base metal beneath a cladding.
b. the softer interior of a piece of casehardened metal.
10. Geol.the central portion of the earth, having a radius of about 2100 mi. (3379 km) and believed to be composed mainly of iron and nickel in a molten state. Cf. crust (def. 6), mantle (def. 3).
11. Physics.the region in a reactor that contains its fissionable material.
13. Ropemaking.heart (def. 16).
14. Phonet.the final segment of a syllable beginning with the vowel and including any following consonants; the nucleus plus the coda. Cf. onset (def. 3).

1. to remove the core of (fruit).
2. to cut from the central part.


Pronunciation: (kôr, kōr), [key]
n. Chiefly Scot.
a small company or group of people, esp. a gang of miners or a small corps of workers.


Pronunciation: (kôr'ē, kōr'ē), [key]
1. Korah.
2. Class. Myth.Kore.


Pronunciation: (kôr, kōr), [key]
Congress of Racial Equality. Also,C.O.R.E.


cordwoodcore barrel
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