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ore
1[ awr, ohr ]
noun
- a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- a mineral or natural product serving as a source of some nonmetallic substance, as sulfur.
ö
2[ -ruh ]
noun
- a bronze coin of Norway, one 100th of a krone.
- a zinc or bronze coin of Denmark, one 100th of a krone.
- a bronze coin of Sweden, one 100th of a krona.
- a fractional currency of the Faeroe Islands, one 100th of a krona.
Ore.
3abbreviation for
- Oregon.
ö
1/ ˈøə /
noun
- a Scandinavian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a Swedish krona and ( ø ) one hundredth of a Danish and Norwegian krone
ore
2/ ɔː /
noun
- any naturally occurring mineral or aggregate of minerals from which economically important constituents, esp metals, can be extracted
ore
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of ore1
Example Sentences
Its biggest economies - Brazil and Argentina - are major exporters of soybeans and petroleum as well as, in Brazil's case, iron ore used in steel production.
This is why ore of it is needed.
The US has one operational rare earths mine, but it does not have the capacity to separate heavy rare earths and has to send its ore to China for processing.
Coking coal and iron ore from the US will be unloaded at Immingham docks and transported to the Scunthorpe site after a scramble for supplies.
For its part, the US continues to be happy to buy Guyana's key exports of crude oil, gold and bauxite, which is the ore from which aluminium is extracted.
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