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(verb) remove the core or center from; "core an apple" |
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Related Words: core out, hollow, hollow out |
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(noun) a rod of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil |
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Related Words: bar |
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(noun) the region of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place |
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Related Words: chamber |
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(noun) a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program" |
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Synonyms: core group, nucleus |
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Related Words: cadre, set |
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(noun) the center of an object; "do not eat the apple core" |
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Related Words: center, centre, corncob, midpoint |
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(noun) a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill |
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Related Words: sample |
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(noun) the central part of the earth |
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Related Words: center, centre, midpoint |
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(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the nub of the story" |
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Synonyms: center, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
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Related Words: cognitive content, content, hypostasis, mental object, quintessence, stuff |
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(noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work |
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Synonyms: burden, effect, essence, gist |
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Related Words: import, meaning, significance, signification |
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