substantiv
a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coilsubstantiv
the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes placesubstantiv
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience"the gist of the prosecutor''s argument"
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
"the nub of the story"
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
"the nub of the story"
substantiv
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary worksubstantiv
a small group of indispensable persons or things"five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
substantiv
an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equalitysubstantiv
the center of an object"the ball has a titanium core"
substantiv
the central part of the Earthsubstantiv
a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drillverb
remove the core or center from"core an apple"
Sinonime:
(substantiv) burden, center, effect, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, nucleus, pith, substance, sum