core
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small group of indispensable persons or things
five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
remove the core or center from
core an apple
Types & categories
- hollow out hypernym
Related & opposite
- core derivation
Sense 3 noun
the center of an object
the ball has a titanium core
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- core derivation
Sense 4 noun
the central part of the Earth
Types & categories
- midpoint hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the gist of the prosecutor's argument
Types & categories
- cognitive content hypernym
- bare bones hyponym
- hypostasis hyponym
- haecceity hyponym
- quintessence hyponym
- stuff hyponym
Related & opposite
- summate derivation
- pithy derivation
- all-importanta derivation
- cardinal derivation
- meaty derivation
Sense 6 noun
a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
Types & categories
- sample hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Types & categories
- meaning hypernym
Sense 8 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(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit
Types & categories
- torus hypernym
Parts & wholes
- magnetic core memory part holonym
- random-access memory part holonym
Related & opposite
- computing domain topic
Sense 9 noun
the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
Types & categories
- chamber hypernym
Parts & wholes
- nuclear reactor part holonym
Sense 10 noun
a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
Types & categories
- bar hypernym
Parts & wholes
- magnet part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | set |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cadre |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | core |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hollow out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | core |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | midpoint |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | corncob |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | midpoint |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | summate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pithy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | all-importanta |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | cardinal |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | meaty |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive content |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bare bones |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypostasis |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | haecceity |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | quintessence |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stuff |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | sample |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | meaning |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | magnetic core memory |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | random-access memory |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | torus |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | nuclear reactor |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | chamber |
| 10 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | magnet |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | bar |