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

Take out cores with apple corer or sharp knife.

From The Mary Frances Cook Book Adventures Among the Kitchen People by Fryer, Jane Earye