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Ore - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ore : (noun)
1: a metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined
2: a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore
equal 1 krona
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ore : \Ore\ ([=o]r), n. [AS. [=a]r.]
Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ore : \Ore\, n. [AS. [=a]ra; cf. [=a]r brass, bronze, akin to OHG.
[=e]r, G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes,
Skr. ayas iron. [root]210. Cf. Ora, Era.]
1. The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined,
as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc.
Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen,
sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).
2. (Mining) A native metal or its compound with the rock in
which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw
out what is worthless.
3. Metal; as, the liquid ore. [R.] --Milton.
Ore hearth, a low furnace in which rich lead ore is
reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth. --Raymond.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ore : A natural deposit containing a mineral of an element to be extracted.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Ore |
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newsherd: Whiteout Conditions Halt Search for 2 Missing Ore. Hikers http://ow.ly/169TQ5 |
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BlatchsJacket: Whiteout Conditions Halt Search for 2 Missing Ore. Hikers http://ow.ly/169TQ4 |
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__Ester__: @Ale_Echelon Ale, ho appena visto che 21 Ore fa JJ ti ha fatto un RT! LOL Complimenti e congratulazioni, anche se a scoppio ritardato! >.< |
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