kor
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Definition of kor
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(alt-of, alternative, historical)Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
“Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.”
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noun
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(alt-of, alternative, historical)Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
“Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.”
name
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(abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism)Initialism of The Komitet Obrony Robotników (Workers' Defence Committee), a Polish workers' committee which preceded the Solidarity movement.
“Our young friends in the KOR invited us for a Christmas Eve feast in a cold but cheery apartment.”
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).
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