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κόρα
crust (of bread) /ˈko.ra/
nounB1#1519 most common
Also: scab (on skin), rind
Example sentences
Μου αρέσει η κόρα του ψωμιού.
I like the crust of the bread.
Έφαγε μόνο την κόρα και άφησε την ψίχα.
He ate only the crust and left the crumb.
Η κόρα ήταν τόσο σκληρή που δεν μπορούσα να τη δαγκώσω.
The crust was so hard that I couldn't bite into it.
Ο γιατρός είπε ότι η κόρα πάνω στην πληγή δείχνει ότι επουλώνεται.
The doctor said the scab on the wound shows it is healing.
Άφησε τις φραντζόλες στο φούρνο λίγο παραπάνω, ώστε να σχηματιστεί μια τραγανή, χρυσαφένια κόρα.
He left the loaves in the oven a bit longer, so a crisp, golden crust would form.
Οι φούρνοι της γειτονιάς φημίζονται για τις κόρες τους, τραγανές απ' έξω και αφράτες από μέσα.
The neighborhood bakeries are known for their crusts, crisp outside and soft inside.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η κόρα | οι κόρες |
| Genitive | της κόρας | των κορών |
| Accusative | την κόρα | τις κόρες |
| Vocative | κόρα | κόρες |
Word family
κόραscab on a wound (extended sense of the same word)
ψίχαcrumb, the soft inside of bread (contrasted with κόρα)
φλούδαpeel, rind (near-synonym for fruit and vegetables)
κρούσταcrust, especially of a pie or baked dish
φραντζόλαloaf of bread (common collocate)
Etymology
Κόρα entered Modern Greek from Venetian scòrza, itself from Latin cortex, corticis, meaning bark or rind. Venice controlled large parts of the Greek-speaking world for centuries, and its trade language left behind many everyday words, this among them. The sense narrowed from bark in general to the hard outer layer of a loaf of bread, and later extended to a scab on skin. English cortex comes from the same Latin word, though it arrived through a separate, scholarly route.
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