ore

¹ American  

[awr, ohr] / ɔr, oʊr /

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.

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öre ² American  

[œ-ruh] / ˈœ rə /

Also øre

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.

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Ore. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Oregon.

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öre ¹ British  

/ ˈørə /

noun

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

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ore ² British  

/ ɔː /

noun

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

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ore Scientific  

/ ôr /

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

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ore Cultural  

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

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

Etymology

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 öre¹

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

Example Sentences

Lithium has to compete for capital with Rio Tinto’s other big businesses, notably iron ore.

From The Wall Street Journal

Iron ore, extracted through emissions-intensive mining, remains its most valuable export.

From Barron's

“Its own copper production in Chile is declining, its capex is rising—in part due to capital-intensive, longer-term copper projects—and its relative exposure to iron ore and met coal is rising.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead of shipping the ore to China, it planned to refine it in the U.K., developing an integrated operation outside of Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now, it forecasts annual throughput of 3.5 million tons of ore from the fourth year of operation, from a prior estimate of 2 million tons.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• gold
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• mineral
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