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Plural of core

regular plural

The plural of core is cores.

Forms of core

Singularcore /kɔː/
Pluralcores /kɔːz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Cores in a sentence

  • Some of the most popular "cores" at the moment—according to the Wiki's "trending pages" list—are cottage and goblin and trauma and angel.2021 February 5, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Cottagecore Was Just the Beginning”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The...
  • The rise of micro-cores coincides with the rise of hyper-specific internet aesthetics.2022 July 27, Sarah Spellings, “Core Is the New Chic”, in Vogue, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
  • Larger clans, with bigger ships and more votes, form the cores of political blocs.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Quarians: Government Codex entry. From the entry representative
  • With the exception of small pingos, most pingo ice cores have several ice types.1983, J[ohn] Ross Mackay, “Oxygen Isotope Variations in Permafrost, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area, Northwest Territories”, in Current…. From the entry pingo
  • Besides forming new cores, arcs may also form branches, and "downstrikes" are liable to be particularly troublesome.1959, Electrical Times - Volume 135, page 355. From the entry downstrike

Meaning of core

  1. noun The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
  2. noun The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
  3. noun The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.

Full definition of core

Questions about the plural of core

What is the plural of core?
The plural of core is cores.
Is core countable?
Core is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: core (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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