decore

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verb

To remove the core from.

“to decore a cabbage or an apple”

OriginEnglish core ← Middle English core ← Latin dē- →
UncommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

decore1

verbdecore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)

present singular third person decores · participle present decoring · participle past decored · past decored

  1. transitiveTo remove the core from.

    to decore a cabbage or an apple

decore2

verbdecore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)

present singular third person decores · participle present decoring · participle past decored · past decored

  1. obsoleteTo decorate; to beautify.

    To decore and illustre thesame assembly.

    a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi Graftoni […], published 1548, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
adoreadornbetrimcommenddecoratedignifydubenrichmangonize

Origin

decore · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Middle Englishcore
  8. Englishcore
  9. Englishdecore

From de- + core.

Full word history & related roots →

decore · verb

Compare French décorer. See decorate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

recodeCeredoredeco
Cite this entry
APA

decore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decore

MLA

“decore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decore. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decore,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decore.

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