Definitions for coring

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coring cor·ing

Spelling: [kawr-ing, kohr-]

IPA: /ˈkɔr ɪŋ, ˈkoʊr-/

Coring is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in coring (cginor).

Definitions for coring

noun

1. the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.
2. Geology, Mining. core1 (def 4).
3. the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds.
4. the central, innermost, or most essential part of anything.
5. Also called magnetic core. Electricity. the piece of iron, bundle of iron wires, or other ferrous material forming the central or inner portion in an electromagnet, induction coil, transformer, or the like.
6. (in mining, geology, etc.) a cylindrical sample of earth, mineral, or rock extracted from the ground by means of a corer so that the strata are undisturbed in the sample.
7. the inside wood of a tree.
8. Anthropology. a lump of stone, as flint, from which prehistoric humans struck flakes in order to make tools. Compare flake tool.
9. Carpentry. a thickness of wood forming a base for a veneer. a wooden construction, as in a door, forming a backing for veneers.
10. Engineering. kern2 .
11. Metallurgy. a thickness of base metal beneath a cladding. the softer interior of a piece of casehardened metal. a specially formed refractory object inserted into a mold to produce cavities or depressions in the casting that cannot be readily formed on the pattern.
12. Geology. the central portion of the earth, having a radius of about 2100 miles (3379 km) and believed to be composed mainly of iron and nickel in a molten state. Compare crust (def 6), mantle (def 3).
13. Also called reactor core. Physics. the region in a reactor that contains its fissionable material.
14. Computers. Also called magnetic core. a small ring or loop of ferromagnetic material with two states of polarization that can be changed by changing the direction of the current applied in wires wound around the ring, used to store one bit of information or to perform switching or logical functions. Also called main memory, RAM. a term used to refer to main memory, though no longer made from from coils of ferromagnetic material.
15. Ropemaking. heart (def 16).
16. Phonetics. the final segment of a syllable beginning with the vowel and including any following consonants; the nucleus plus the coda. Compare onset (def 3).
17. the muscles of the torso, which provide support for the spine and pelvis:

adjective

1. of central importance; basic; fundamental:
2. noting or relating to the muscles of the torso:

verb (used with object)

1. to remove the core of (fruit).
2. to cut from the central part.
3. to remove (a cylindrical sample) from the interior, as of the earth or a tree trunk:
4. to form a cavity in (a molded object) by placing a core, as of sand, in the mold before pouring.

Origin of coring

First recorded in 1865-70; core¹ + -ing¹

Examples for coring

While the lasers were coring out the hole, six cargo cranes on their 400-ton carrier chassis had been moved into position.

Just now she was peeling, quartering, and coring summer apples to dry for winter stores.

That lady was making preserves, for which Lucy had been kept since early morning paring and coring apples and stoning plums.

Prepare apples for pies by paring, coring, and dividing in eighths.

With every "this" he had illustrated the virtues of his wares by slicing potatoes, coring apples, opening bottles and cans, etc.

Wash the apples; cut them in pieces without peeling or coring, but remove any imperfect parts.

Lettie went on with the paring and coring of her applesthen she took the raisins.

Weigh six pounds of pineapple, after paring, coring, and cutting in rather small pieces.

Peel the oranges and the apples, cut them across in thin slices, coring the apples and removing the pips from the oranges.

Take good sour apples, wash and wipe them, cut out any black spots upon the skin, and cut them up without paring or coring.