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ore Definition

ore (ôr)

noun

  1. any natural combination of minerals, esp. one from which a metal or metals can be profitably extracted
  2. a natural substance from which a nonmetallic material, such as sulfur, can be extracted

Etymology: ME or < OE ar, brass, copper (< IE base *ayos, metal, copper, bronze, iron > Sans áyas, metal, L aes, copper) identified with ora, unworked metal (akin to ON aurr, ferrous sand, gravel)

Ore Definition

Ore

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öre Definition

öre (ö′rə)

noun pl. ö′re

a monetary unit of Sweden, equal to of a krona

Etymology: Swed < ON aurar, a unit of weight, coin < L aureus, a gold coin, orig. adj., golden < aurum, gold: see east

øre Definition

øre (ö′rə)

noun pl. ø′re

a monetary unit equal to of a Danish krone or a Norwegian krone

Etymology: Dan & Norw < ON aurar: see öre

ore Synonyms

ore

n.

mineral, metal, metalliferous earth, unrefined earth, unrefined rock, ore bed, parent rock, native mineral, matrix; see also mineral.

ore Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • smelled: Methods of raising and smelting ore are of interest.
  • crush: He may have seen this water driven tilt hammer used for crushing metal ore in Yorkshire.

Preposition: in

  • furnace: The highlight of 1998 was an experiment to smelled Shetland iron ore in a furnace built from stone and clay gathered locally.

Adjective modifier

  • sw17: Check St. George's catalog Hunter Wing, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE.
  • metalliferous: The mountain is rich in metalliferous ore, there being several veins of copper intersecting its eastern side.
  • high-grade: Energy requirements for these processes depend on high-grade uranium ore, which is expected to be exhausted within 50 years.
  • metallic: Waste had to be separated from the metallic ores.
  • Lead: Swaledale has been richly endowed with deposits of Lead ore, principally Galena, which is Lead Sulfide, a shiny silvery gray mineral.
  • crushed: A fire was then lit inside the furnace and hot layers of charcoal and crushed iron ore were added alternately.

Modifies a noun

  • pitchblende: Services for straight of villages into the ore pitchblende.
  • deposit: The area was found to contain the biggest iron ore deposit in the world.
  • extraction: Evidence of iron working at Carmarthen implies nearby iron ore extraction.
  • mining: Ashland was once a major shipping dock for Iron and ore mining.
  • mineral: Grade Relative quantity or the percentage of ore mineral content in an ore body.

Noun used with modifier

  • iron: The early miners found plenty of iron ore at or near to the surface of the ground.
  • uranium: New fuel for nuclear reactors is produced from enriched uranium ore.
  • sulfide: However, if you are starting with a sulfide ore, for example, that's not a lot of help!
  • copper: The imported copper ore came ' almost wholly ' from Ireland.
  • manganese: Both occur as microcrystalline orange-brown veinlets in massive manganese ore.
  • low-grade: Even without any increase in this consumption the present known reserves, of what is mainly low-grade ore, will last around 50 years.
ore Quotes

Where Plenty smilesöalas! she smiles for few, And those who taste not, yet behold her store, Are as the slaves that dig the golden ore, The wealth around them makes them doubly poor.

—Crabbe, George