单词 | ore |
释义 | ore[ awr, ohr ] / ɔr, oʊr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ore ON THESAURUS.COM nouna metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit. a mineral or natural product serving as a source of some nonmetallic substance, as sulfur. Origin of orebefore 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 WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH oreoar, o'er, or, oreDefinition for ore (2 of 3)öre [ œ-ruh ] / ˈœ rə / noun, plural ö·re.a bronze coin of Norway, one 100th of a krone. a zinc or bronze coin of Denmark, one 100th of a krone. a bronze coin of Sweden, one 100th of a krona. a fractional currency of the Faeroe Islands, one 100th of a krona. Also ø·re (for defs. 1, 2) . Origin of öreFirst recorded in1600–10; ultimately from Latin aureus “a gold coin of ancient Rome”; see aureus Definition for ore (3 of 3)Ore. Oregon. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for ore (1 of 2)ore / (ɔː) / nounany naturally occurring mineral or aggregate of minerals from which economically important constituents, esp metals, can be extracted Word Origin for oreOld English ār, ōra; related to Gothic aiz, Latin aes, Dutch oer British Dictionary definitions for ore (2 of 2)öre / (ˈørə) / noun plural örea Scandinavian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a Swedish krona and (øre) one hundredth of a Danish and Norwegian krone Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for oreore In geology, a mineral that contains a commercially useful material, such as gold or uranium. notes for oreOre deposits are generally mined, and the ore is processed to recover the material. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Scientific definitions for oreore [ ôr ] A naturally occurring mineral or rock from which a valuable or useful substance, especially a metal, can be extracted at a reasonable cost. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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