core
noun
the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds.
cored
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past participleof core.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof core.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
corenounthe central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds.
Example Sentences
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He has described the prehistoric-looking Dalmatian pelicans, which “have eyes of such tremulous glacial depths—the bluish-gray sclera like an ice sheet being cored by the black iris—that they appear to hold entire worlds inside them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Engineers hope spherical tokamaks–shaped like a cored apple rather than a doughnut—can be built smaller and more cheaply than conventional tokamaks.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 7, 2023
Lately there has been increasing interest in smaller devices with a more spherical shape, like a cored apple.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 5, 2023
The Astros cored a run off Murfee and four off Tommy Milone and another off Ryan Borucki.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
Three or four at a cent apiece should be pared and cored, and placed in a low baking-dish with two dessertspoonfuls of tapioca, and enough water to cover the whole.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
