(Greek mythology) The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and the wife of Hades.
Obsolete form of Korah.
An essential part surrounded by other essential things, such as the central part of a fruit, the heart of a physical thing, the anatomical core of muscles, or the center of a space or area.
The noun "core" refers to the most important part or essence of something, and can also be used in botany and game theory to describe the main and most diverse group within a category or the set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset of agents, as well as in art to represent a thematic aesthetic or objects related to a specific topic.
A noun "core" represents various essential parts of technical instruments or machines, such as the internal cavity in a casting mold, computer processors, the material between surface materials in a composite sandwich, the inner part of a nuclear reactor, the central fissile portion of a fission weapon, a piece of ferromagnetic material inside an electromagnet, and a hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard used in printing.
A noun "core" represents various forms including a sample of organic material obtained by biopsy, the central axis of animal horns, a disorder in sheep caused by liver worms, the central part of a protein's structure, a cylindrical sample obtained by core drilling, and an atomic nucleus plus inner electrons.
A miner's underground working time or shift.
(historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
(automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.
(neologism) An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc.
To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
To cut or drill through the core of (something).
To extract a sample with a drill.
Forming the most important or essential part.
(board sports) Deeply and authentically involved in the culture surrounding the sport.