core

core is a valid 4-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does core mean?

  • noun

    (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories

  • noun

    the central part of the Earth

  • noun

    the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place

  • noun

    a small group of indispensable persons or things

  • noun

    the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

  • noun

    the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

  • noun

    an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality

  • noun

    a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil

  • noun

    a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill

  • verb

    remove the core or center from

  • noun

    the center of an object

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