"apple core" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: apple cores [plural], applecore [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} apple core (plural apple cores)
  1. The central portion of an apple containing the seeds and where the stem attaches (and the opposed end). Particularly the portion that remains after the main part of the fruit has been eaten. Related terms: apple-corer, core [verb], corer, one bad apple can spoil the barrel, rotten to the core Translations (the central portion of an apple): klokhuis (Dutch), omenankara (Finnish), trognon de pomme [masculine] (French), Griebs [German, literary, masculine, regional] (German), Apfelkern [masculine] (German), Bütschgi [Alemannic-German, Zurich] (German), Bitschgi (Graubünden) [Alemannic-German, Southern, St.-Gallen] (German), Butschgi (Graubünden) [Alemannic-German] (German), Bitzgi [Alemannic-German, St.-Gallen, Thurgau] (German), Güürbsi (Aarau) [Alemannic-German] (German), Gütschi [Alemannic-German, Glarus] (German), Bätzgi (Lucerne) [Alemannic-German, Uri] (German), Gigetschi [Alemannic-German, Solothurn] (German), Gröibschi [Alemannic-German, Bern] (German), Gröitschi [Alemannic-German, Bern] (German), Grübschi [Alemannic-German, Bern] (German), Huusi [Alemannic-German, Valais] (German), Murmutz [Alemannic-German, Valais] (German), almacsutka (Hungarian), ogryzek [masculine] (Polish), miolo/caroço de/da maçã [masculine] (Portuguese), cotor [neuter] (Romanian), skrutt (Swedish), skrott (Swedish), äppelskrutt (Swedish), äppelskrott (Swedish), elma eşeleği (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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