Definition of core

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• core is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• core is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• core is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of core

• (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories (noun)

  Examples

  1. each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit

  Synonyms

  1. magnetic core
• a small group of indispensable persons or things (noun)

  Examples

  1. five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program

  Synonyms

  1. core group
  2. nucleus
• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. burden
  2. effect
  3. essence
  4. gist
• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. center
  2. centre
  3. essence
  4. gist
  5. heart
  6. heart and soul
  7. inwardness
  8. kernel
  9. marrow
  10. meat
  11. nitty-gritty
  12. nub
  13. pith
  14. substance
  15. sum
• an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. congress of racial equality
• 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 (noun)
• remove the core or center from (verb)

  Examples

  1. core an apple
• the center of an object (noun)

  Examples

  1. the ball has a titanium core
• the central part of the Earth (noun)
• the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place (noun)

See definition of core in Merriam Webster