corer

American  

[kawr-er, kohr-] / ˈkɔr ər, ˈkoʊr- /

noun

1. a person or thing that cores.

2. a knife or other instrument for coring apples, pears, etc.

3. a device having a hollow cylindrical drill or tube, used for taking samples of earth, rock, etc., from below the surface of the ground or ocean bottom.

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Etymology

Origin of corer

First recorded in 1790–1800; core ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Using a spoon or corer, remove the flesh in a channel from the zucchini and squash and chop the flesh.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2021

A 35-foot-long missile called a piston corer would plunge under its own weight all the way to the seafloor, land with great force and suck in a long, thick cylinder of mud.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2017

So we came back in spring 2014, with Dave Orwig, a master tree corer at the Forest, to bore deep into the oak.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2017

The Blackhawks forced OT when Jonathan Toews stuffed the puck into the right corer on a power play with 38.5 seconds left in the third period.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2011

"Hold the apple so," said Grandmother, showing just how an apple should be cored, "and turn the corer so—see if you can do the next, Mary Jane."

From Mary Jane—Her Visit by Judson, Clara Ingram