ore

¹

[awr, ohr]

noun

1. a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.

2. a mineral or natural product serving as a source of some nonmetallic substance, as sulfur.

öre

²

Also ø·re

[œ-ruh]

noun

plural

öre 

1. a bronze coin of Norway, one 100th of a krone.

2. a zinc or bronze coin of Denmark, one 100th of a krone.

3. a bronze coin of Sweden, one 100th of a krona.

4. a fractional currency of the Faeroe Islands, one 100th of a krona.

Ore.

³

abbreviation

1. Oregon.

öre

¹

/ ˈørə /

noun

1. a Scandinavian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a Swedish krona and ( øre ) one hundredth of a Danish and Norwegian krone

ore

²

/ ɔː /

noun

1. any naturally occurring mineral or aggregate of minerals from which economically important constituents, esp metals, can be extracted

ore

1. A naturally occurring mineral or rock from which a valuable or useful substance, especially a metal, can be extracted at a reasonable cost.

ore

1. In geology, a mineral that contains a commercially useful material, such as gold or uranium.

Ore deposits are generally mined, and the ore is processed to recover the material.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ore¹

before 900; conflation of Middle English ore, Old English ōra ore, unreduced metal; and Middle English or(e) ore, metal, Old English ār brass, cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German ēr, Old Norse eir, Gothic aiz; compare Latin aes bronze, coin, money

Origin of ore²

First recorded in 1600–10; ultimately from Latin aureus “a gold coin of ancient Rome”; aureus ( def. )

Word History and Origins

Origin of ore¹

Old English ār, ōra; related to Gothic aiz, Latin aes, Dutch oer

Example Sentences

The two highly-polluting blast furnaces used intense heat to turn ingredients including iron ore into liquid iron.

From BBC

The process involves distributing the ore within an electrolyte and then using electricity to heat this mixture to 1,600C.

From BBC

The old city centre is at risk from ground fissures after more than a century of iron ore mining.

From BBC

There, in the former iron ore mining complex, he was forced to help bury corpses.

From Salon

Lomera has witnessed a gold rush since the end of last year when the precious ore was discovered in the hills near what was then a quiet village, according to medical charity MSF.

From BBC

Related Words

• gold 
• iron 
• metal 
• mineral 
• platinum