What does ore mean?
Definitions for ore
ɔr, oʊrore
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word ore.
Princeton's WordNet
orenoun
a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
orenoun
a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona
Wiktionary
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.
örenoun
A Swedish unit of currency that makes up the krona, 100 öre equals one krona.
Etymology: or, oor, blend of ora and ar, the first a derivate of ear, the second from aiz (compare eir,, 033003390336), from h₂eyos. Confer aes, ayah, अयस्.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Orenoun
Etymology: ore , or ora , Saxon; oor, Dutch, a mine.
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.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.
ChatGPT
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.
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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 Contribution
ore
A type of mineral.
Iron ore is a product.
Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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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.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ore in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ore in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of ore in a Sentence
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.
Chief Executive Andrew Mackenzie:
Although we see some loss of production, particularly from expensive Chinese iron ore (producers) ... we still see a growing surplus of low-cost supply and therefore, if anything, the pressure on the price is (still) downward.
I've been asked by a few people to trade iron ore on the CME and I was worried because of liquidity, but now that volumes have increased I'll consider it.
Times of general calamity and confusion create great minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storms.
For both companies, this is about wielding the greatest influence possible over the global marketplace, 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.
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- ركازArabic
- рудаBulgarian
- menaCatalan, Valencian
- rudaCzech
- mwynWelsh
- malmDanish
- ErzGerman
- μετάλλευμαGreek
- ercoEsperanto
- mena, mineralSpanish
- maakEstonian
- malmiFinnish
- málmurFaroese
- mineraiFrench
- mianachIrish
- עַפְרָהHebrew
- ércHungarian
- málmgrýtiIcelandic
- mineraleItalian
- 鉱石Japanese
- მადანიGeorgian
- 광석Korean
- rudaLatin
- rūdaLithuanian
- rūdaLatvian
- bijihMalay
- ertsDutch
- malmNorwegian
- rudaPolish
- minérioPortuguese
- minereuRomanian
- рудаRussian
- rudaSerbo-Croatian
- rudaSlovak
- rudaSlovene
- malmSwedish
- ముడి ఖనిజంTelugu
- рудаUkrainian
- quặngVietnamese
- münVolapük
- אַרץYiddish
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