core (n.)
- amount
- average
- axiom
- axis
- barrio
- base
- basis
- beginning
- body
- bosom
- bulk
- burden
- center
- central
- centroid
- centrum
- climax
- commencement
- consequence
- cornerstone
- corpus
- crisis
- crux
- diameter
- diaphragm
- distillate
- distillation
- downtown
- elixir
- epicenter
- equator
- equatorial
- essence
- essential
- fabric
- flower
- focus
- foundation
- fundamental
- ghetto
- gist
- greenbelt
- heart
- hub
- hypostasis
- import
- importance
- inner
- inside
- interior
- intermediary
- intermediate
- intern
- intrados
- issue
- kernel
- keystone
- landmark
- marrow
- mass
- material
- matter
- mean
- meat
- median
- mediterranean
- medium
- medulla
- metacenter
- mezzo
- mid
- middle
- middling
- midland
- midpoint
- midriff
- midst
- midway
- milestone
- nave
- navel
- nub
- nucleus
- omphalos
- origin
- outskirts
- pit
- pith
- pivot
- postulate
- principle
- purport
- quick
- quid
- quiddity
- quintessence
- recap
- recapitulation
- resume
- root
- run-through
- rundown
- sap
- seed
- significance
- slum
- soul
- spirit
- staple
- start
- stuff
- substance
- suburbia
- sum
- summary
- summation
- tenderloin
- thick
- thrust
- umbilicus
- upshot
- uptown
- vitals
- waist
- waistline
- zone
core (v.)
core (adj.)
- amount
- average
- base
- beginning
- center
- central
- downtown
- equatorial
- equidistant
- essence
- essential
- fundamental
- ghetto
- halfway
- heart
- import
- inner
- inside
- interior
- intermediate
- internal
- inward
- mass
- material
- mean
- medial
- median
- mediocre
- mediterranean
- medium
- mesial
- mid
- middle
- middlemost
- middling
- midland
- midmost
- midway
- nub
- nuclear
- pit
- quick
- quid
- seed
- staple
- start
- summary
- thick
- uptown
They are not a pipe for fortune's finger
To sound what stop she please. Give me that man
That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him
In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart,
As I do thee.—Something too much of this.