corer

[ kawr-er, kohr- ]

noun

1. a person or thing that cores. core.
2. a knife or other instrument for coring coring core 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of corer¹

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

Every 5 meters, Hall jammed a metal shank called a peat corer into the muck and gave it a firm twist to cut out a plug of soil.

From Science Magazine

It cost Brighton the match and the suspension of their captain and leading goal corer.

From BBC

The longest corer barrel length that can be deployed on BAS's existing polar ship, the James Clark Ross, is just 16m.

From BBC

To hollow them out, use an apple corer.

From The Guardian