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downcore

downcore adjective: describing a sample taken from further down a core.

Adjective

downcore (comparative more downcore, superlative most downcore)

  1. Describing a sample taken from further down a core

Forms of downcore

comparativemore downcore
superlativemost downcore
alternative formdown-core

Origin of downcore

From down- + core.

Questions about downcore

What does downcore mean?
Downcore means describing a sample taken from further down a core.
What part of speech is downcore?
Downcore is an adjective.

Words near downcore in the dictionary

  1. downconverted
  2. downconverter
  3. downconverters
  4. downconverting
  5. downconverts
  6. downcore
  7. downcountry
  8. downcourt
  9. downcried
  10. downcries
  11. downcrossing

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