verb
Meaning 1
To remove the core from.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to decore a cabbage or an apple
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verb
To remove the core from.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To decorate; to beautify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Middle English core English core English decore From de- + core.
Compare French décorer. See decorate.