corers

Fruit center removers

Corers are tools designed to remove the central portion of fruits or vegetables.

An apple corer punches out the tough seed-bearing center in one motion.

Pineapple corers spiral through the fruit, separating flesh from rind and core simultaneously.

The term extends to any device that extracts cylindrical sections: soil corers collect samples for testing.

fruit

apple

Crisp tree fruit

tomato · pepper · zucchini · cucumber · jalapeño · chili · capsicum · gourd · squash

industrial

drill

Hole-boring device

  • augerSpiral hole-maker
  • boringFailing to engage interest
  • bitSmall amount or portion

reamer · trepan · extractor · sample · cylinder · geological · extraction · cylindrical

technique

hollowing

Making concave inside

pitting · deseeding · scooping · pushing · twisting · plunging · centering · piercing · cutting · preparing

Opposites
function/action

corerspeelers

Skin-removing kitchen tools

stuffers · fillers · injectors · parers · skinners

Phrases
Family

core, cores, cored, corer

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G