Definitions for ore
ɔr, oʊrore

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. orenoun

   a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined

2. orenoun

   a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. orenoun

   Rock that contains utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems which -- at the time of the rock's evaluation and proposal for extraction -- are able to be separated from its neighboring minerals and processed at a cost that does not exceed those materials' present-day economic values.

2. örenoun

   A Swedish unit of currency that makes up the krona, 100 öre equals one krona.

3. Etymology: or, oor, blend of ora and ar, the first a derivate of ear, the second from aiz (compare eir,,
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Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Orenoun

   Etymology: ore , or ora , Saxon; oor, Dutch, a mine.

   1. Metal unrefined; metal yet in its mineral state.

   Round about him lay on every side,
   Great heaps of gold that never would be spent;
   Of which some were rude ore not purify’d
   Of Mulciber’s devouring element. Fairy Queen.

   They would have brought them the gold ore aboard their ships. Walter Raleigh, Apology.

   A hill not far,
   Shone with a glossy scurf, undoubted sign
   That in his womb was hid metallic ore,
   The work of sulphur. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i.

   Who have labour’d more
   To search the treasures of the Roman store,
   Or dig in Grecian mines for purer ore? Wentworth Dillon.

   We walk in dreams on fairy land,
   Where golden ore lies mixt with common sand. Dryden.

   Those who unripe veins in mines explore,
   On the rich bed again the warm turf lay,
   ’Till time digests the yet imperfect ore,
   And know it will be gold another day. Dryden.

   Those profounder regions they explore,
   Where metals ripen in vast cakes of ore. Samuel Garth.

   2. Metal.

   The liquid ore he drain’d
   First his own tools; then what might else be wrought,
   Fusile, or grav’n in metal. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xi.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ore

   Ore is a naturally occurring solid material from which valuable minerals or metals can be economically extracted. It typically contains minerals in a high enough concentration to make extraction profitable. Examples include iron ore, gold ore, copper ore, etc. Extraction usually involves mining and then processing the ore to isolate the valuable substance.

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Ore

   An ore is a type of rock that contains minerals with important elements including metals. The ores are extracted through mining; these are then refined to extract the valuable element. The grade or concentration of an ore mineral, or metal, as well as its form of occurrence, will directly affect the costs associated with mining the ore. The cost of extraction must thus be weighed against the metal value contained in the rock to determine what ore can be processed and what ore is of too low a grade to be worth mining. Metal ores are generally oxides, sulfides, silicates, or "native" metals that are not commonly concentrated in the Earth's crust or "noble" metals such as gold. The ores must be processed to extract the metals of interest from the waste rock and from the ore minerals. Ore bodies are formed by a variety of geological processes. The process of ore formation is called ore genesis.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ore

   ōr, n. metal as it comes from the mine: metal mixed with earthy and other substances. [A.S. ór, another form of ár, brass; Ice. eir, L. æs, ær-is, bronze.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ore

   A type of mineral.

   Iron ore is a product.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

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1. ORE

   What does ORE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the ORE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ORE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ore is ranked #15673 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ore surname appeared 1,862 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Ore.
   
   56.6% or 1,055 total occurrences were White.
   25.3% or 471 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   15.2% or 283 total occurrences were Black.
   1.6% or 30 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Fractional Monetary Unit
   • Mineral

Anagrams for ore »

1. o'er

2. o'er

3. roe

4. Roe

5. ROE

6. roe

7. Roe

8. ROE

9. oer

How to pronounce ore?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ore in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ore in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ore in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of ore in a Sentence

1. Gavin Wendt:

   Having said that, unlike in the highly concentrated iron ore space where the focus is squarely on one market owned in large part by Rio and BHP - China, copper is sold much more widely, leaving room for smaller producers to stay in the game.

2. Tom Goodhead:

   Driven by concern for declining revenues amidst the falling market price of iron ore, the company took risks, increased production and turned a blind eye to dangers that ultimately claimed lives and destroyed communities, bHP was woefully negligent in its duty of care and the damages sought are entirely commensurate with the devastation the company has wrought....

3. Marina Voronkova:

   We're working as usual. We have a long-term stock of carnallite ore, We will be able to find alternative sources of raw materials, and we've purchased carnallite ore in Israel before.

4. Stuart Simmons:

   The team did the work mainly to get a better understanding of processes of gold and silver deposition in ancient hydrothermal systems that are no longer active but that are host to ore deposits, there are many such deposits forming mines and prospects around the Pacific Rim (Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, and the western US). So the aim was to apply our understanding to new discoveries.

5. Fan Lu:

   Mills typically replenish their stocks ahead of the holiday, which leads to an obvious increase of imports in January and a dip in February, the sharp drop on February iron ore also came as major iron ore suppliers reduced shipment due to hurricane weather.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ore
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ore
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ore
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ore
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ore
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html