core vs corps vs corpse | Common Errors in English

Apples have cores. A corps is an organization, like the Peace Corps. A corpse is a dead body, a carcass.

Facebook Twitter Google +

n a small group of indispensable persons or things
five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program
n the center of an object
the ball has a titanium core
n the central part of the Earth
n the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
n a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
n an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality
n the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
n (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit
n the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
n a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
v remove the core or center from
core an apple

n an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
n a body of people associated together
diplomatic corps
n a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

n the dead body of a human being
the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse

Core Strength
Core Strength,50 x 38 inches, charcoal on paper, 2006. Receive The Sedalia Democrat right to your inbox, daily!
June 12, 2013 - Sedalia Democrat
Core to Core
Core to Core,75 x 38 inches, charcoal on paper, 2010. Receive The Sedalia Democrat right to your inbox, daily!
June 12, 2013 - Sedalia Democrat
CORE Media And Noreen Halpern’s Scripted Venture Inks Drama Series Deal With NBC
Halfire-CORE, CORE Media Grou p’s scripted production venture with veteran Canadian producer Noreen Halpern ‘s Halfire Entertainment banner, has closed a deal with NBC . Under the 3-for-1 agreement, Halfire-CORE will develop three lower budget drama projects for NBC, one of which is expected to go to series. No concepts or writers for the projects have been identified yet, but the producers are ...
June 12, 2013 - Deadline Hollywood

Army Corps to begin decreasing outflow of Coralville dam
The Army Corps of Engineers says they will begin reducing outflow from Coralville Lake later this week.
June 12, 2013 - KWWL Iowa
Army Corps, flood board tour Peckman River trouble spots
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Passaic Valley officials have toured the Peckman River to examine trouble spots as part of a plan to mitigate flooding along the waterway.
June 12, 2013 - The Record
Army Corps to begin decreasing outflow of Coralville dam
The Army Corps of Engineers says they will begin reducing outflow from Coralville Lake later this week.
June 12, 2013 - KWWL Iowa

Corpse flower, known for smell of rotten flesh, is still on the rise
CHICO — Almost 60 inches and counting. The giant corpse flower at Chico State University grew 3 inches Wednesday and 21Ú2 inches the day before.
June 15, 2013 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Not all Flowers Smell Nice
Can a flower smell like a rotting corpse? It can, and that's why it's called the Corspe Flower. And it is expected to bloom in Binghamton University's greenhouse very soon. The flower was donated to the university in 2007, and has not bloomed for three years. Its name comes from the strong odor that is released when it is in full bloom. "They feel like it does smell like a giant rotting corpse ...
June 14, 2013 - FOX 40 Binghamton
Monticello man tells authorities corpse under house was his mother
Sean Rossman Democrat staff writer -- A Monticello man told authorities that the corpse found underneath his house was that of his mother.
June 13, 2013 - Tallahassee Democrat

core vs corps vs corpse : Common Errors in English