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 öre¹

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 öre²

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of öre¹

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

Example Sentences

Boston Metal has come up with a way of using electricity to remove oxides and other contaminants from iron ore, which is the substance you have to mine from the Earth before you can make new steel.

From BBC

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

From BBC

First, iron ore is dissolved into an acidic solution and then an electrical charge causes the iron to collect onto metal plates.

From BBC

Anderson, whose parents ran a grocery store, grew up in Roseburg, Ore., south of Eugene.

From Los Angeles Times

One of his sons, Mike Anderson, a watchmaker who owns Anderson Jewelers in Corvallis, Ore., has an idea.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• gold 
• iron 
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• platinum