core
- A body of individuals; an assemblage. (n.)
- A miner's underground working time or shift. (n.)
- A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. (n.)
- The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince. (n.)
- The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square. (n.)
- The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject. (n.)
