oreore /ɔː $ ɔːr/ noun [countable, uncountable] 
iron ore veins of rich ore
WORD ORIGINore
Origin:
Old English arEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- ore deposits
- uranium ore
- As the granite cooled it squeezed out hot fluids containing mineral ores in solution.
- Earlier studies on the deposit indicated the copper ore can be treated using conventional methods.
- In fact, things have never looked ore promising for the future of transportation.
- In the uranium mines, workers breathe in radioactive dust as they dig out the metal ore which contains the valuable element.
- It found itself amongst the stockwork of veins and rich ore was being found continually.
- So they want a shitload of land around the ore body -- three or four times what they actually need.
- These ores were deposited from basinal brines rich in calcium chloride.
- When rain water hits pyrite ore, it forms sulfuric acid, which leaches out copper and other metals.
WORD SETS
agglomerate, nounalabaster, nounanthracite, nounasbestos, nounatoll, nounbasalt, nounbasin, nounbauxite, nounbed, nounbedrock, nounberyl, nounbluff, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncarboniferous, adjectivechalk, nounchalky, adjectivechasm, nounclay, nouncliff, nouncoal, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nounconglomerate, nouncontinental drift, nouncontinental shelf, nouncore, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncrater, nouncreek, nounCretaceous, adjectivecrevasse, nouncrust, nouncrystal, nouncrystalline, adjectivecrystallize, verbdelta, noundeposit, noundeposition, noundune, noundust bowl, nounearthquake, nounelevation, nounemery, nounepicentre, nounepoch, nounera, nounerode, verberosion, nounerupt, verbescarpment, nounestuary, nounextinct, adjectivefault, nounfeeder, nounfeldspar, nounfiord, nounfjord, nounflint, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefold, nounfool's gold, nounfossil, nounfossilize, verbfriable, adjectivegeology, noungeyser, nounglaciation, nounglacier, nounGondwanaland, granite, noungrassland, noungroundwater, noungulf, noungully, nounheadland, nounhinterland, nounhot spring, nounigneous, adjectiveimpervious, adjectiveinactive, adjectiveinlet, nounisthmus, nounjasper, nounjet, nounkaolin, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandslide, nounlandslip, nounlava, nounleach, verblevee, nounlime, nounlimestone, nounloam, nounlowlands, nounmagma, nounmarble, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmatrix, nounmetamorphic, adjectivemica, nounmineral, nounmineralogy, nounmining, nounmoraine, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmudslide, nounnugget, nounoasis, nounoilfield, nounore, nounoutcrop, nounpalaeontology, nounPalaeozoic, adjectivePangaea, peninsula, nounpermafrost, nounpetroleum, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplate, nounplate tectonics, nounporous, adjectivepothole, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounpromontory, nounpumice, nounpyrites, nounquartz, nounravine, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrift valley, nounriver, nounrock, nounrock salt, nounsand, nounsand bar, nounsandstone, nounsapphire, nounscarp, nounschist, nounscree, nounseam, nounsediment, nounsedimentary, adjectivesedimentation, nounseismic, adjectiveseismograph, nounseismology, nounsettlement, nounshale, nounshelf, nounshingle, nounsilica, nounsilicate, nounsilt, nounslate, nounstalactite, nounstalagmite, nounstone, nounstrait, nounstrata, stratified, adjectivestratum, nounsubsoil, nounsubstratum, nounsummit, nounterrain, nounthermal, adjectivetopaz, nountopsoil, nountor, nountremor, nountributary, nountrilobite, nountsunami, nountundra, nounturquoise, nounvalley, nounvein, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwater table, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES iron ore (=rock that contains iron)COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
rock or earth from which metal can be obtained: iron ore (=rock that contains iron)· Earlier studies on the deposit indicated the copper ore can be treated using conventional methods.
· Information was being shovelled back and forth like iron ore or stone.· It soon ventured into steelmaking to use its coal and iron ore.
NOUN· These were a series of ore bodies which occurred in a 5 m thick sandstone unit and became zinc-rich towards the east.· Until evidence of such ore bodies can be produced, skepticism regarding their existence is fully justified.· So they want a shitload of land around the ore body -- three or four times what they actually need.
iron ore veins of rich ore