Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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burden | Yes | No | Yes | No |
core | Yes | No | Yes | No |
burden (noun) | core (noun) |
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weight to be borne or conveyed | a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil |
the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse | the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place |
an onerous or difficult concern | (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories |
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | |
a small group of indispensable persons or things | |
the center of an object | |
the central part of the Earth | |
a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill |
burden (verb) | core (verb) |
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impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to | remove the core or center from |
weight down with a load |