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decore

decore verb: to remove the core from.

Verb (1)

decore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)

  1. (transitive) To remove the core from.
    • to decore a cabbage or an apple

Verb (2)

decore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)

  1. (obsolete) To decorate; to beautify.
    • To decore and illustre thesame assembly.a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi...

Forms of decore

third-person singular presentdecores
present participledecoring
past participledecored
pastdecored

Origin of decore

From de- + core.

Compare French décorer. See decorate.

Words formed from decore

  • decorer

Questions about decore

What does decore mean?
Decore means to remove the core from.
What part of speech is decore?
Decore is a verb.
What is the past tense of decore?
The past tense of decore is decored.

Words near decore in the dictionary

  1. decorators
  2. decoratory
  3. decoratress
  4. decoratresses
  5. decoratrix
  6. decore
  7. decored
  8. decorement
  9. decorements
  10. decores
  11. decorin

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