The Clue
Nub (4 letter answer)
The Answer
CORE
Tags
Notes
The answer CORE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
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Essential meaning
Fruit part
Hard or apple
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Part of an apple
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Very center
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Definition
CORE as a noun:
1. the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core"
2. (core, nucleus, core group) = a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
3. the central part of the Earth
4. (kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty) = the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
5. a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
6. (Congress of Racial Equality, CORE) = an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality
7. (effect, essence, burden, core, gist) = the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
8. the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
9. a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
CORE as a verb:
1. remove the core or center from; "core an apple"