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kuori

Pronunciation: /ˈkuo̯ri/

“kuori” is a Finnish word. Its 15 meanings in English:

noun

  1. skin (of an onion, potato, sausage, cooked milk etc.)
  2. peel (of a fruit)
  3. husk, hull, cod (of a seed, corn ear etc.)
  4. bark (of a tree)
  5. shell (of an egg, snail, nut etc.)
  6. crust (of the Earth; of bread)
  7. rind (of fruit or cheese)
  8. test (of a marine invertebrate, e.g. sea urchin)
  9. case, casing, cover (of a lock or some-such)
  10. shell (psychological barrier to social interaction)
  11. envelope (enclosing structure or cover)
  12. shell (such as electron shell)
  13. cortex (outer layer of an internal organ or body structure)
  14. chancel, apse (space around the altar in a church)
  15. choir, quire (part of a church for the choir, usually near the apse)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *koori (compare Estonian koor, Livonian kūoŗ, Veps korʹ), from Proto-Uralic *kare (compare Lule Sami goarre (“ice crust”), Tundra Nenets [script needed] (śar, “skin, surface”)).

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