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caroço — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • core noun The central or most essential part of something.
  • kernel noun The soft, edible part inside a nut or seed, once the hard shell or husk is removed.
  • pip noun A small hard seed found in fruits such as apples, oranges, or grapes.
  • pit noun A hole or hollow in the ground.
  • stone noun A hard natural material, or a piece of it, such as rock or a pebble.

Senses

caroço is used for these senses in English:

  • core The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
  • core (engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.
  • kernel (botany, US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
  • pit A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
  • stone (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

core — full definition

  1. noun The central or most essential part of something.
  2. noun The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
  3. adj Forming the most important or fundamental part of something.
  4. verb To remove the core from a piece of fruit.

kernel — full definition

  1. noun The soft, edible part inside a nut or seed, once the hard shell or husk is removed.
  2. noun The core or most essential part of an idea, argument, or system.
  3. noun Computing: the central part of an operating system that controls hardware and manages how programs communicate with it.

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