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
- noun The central or most essential part of something.
- noun The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
- adj Forming the most important or fundamental part of something.
- verb To remove the core from a piece of fruit.
kernel — full definition
- noun The soft, edible part inside a nut or seed, once the hard shell or husk is removed.
- noun The core or most essential part of an idea, argument, or system.
- noun Computing: the central part of an operating system that controls hardware and manages how programs communicate with it.