ore
noun /ɔː(r)/
/ɔːr/
[uncountable, countable]- rock, earth, etc. from which metal can be obtained
- iron ore
- ore smelted with charcoal
- smelting the ore with charcoal
Homophones oar | or | oreoar or oreTopics Physics and chemistryc2/ɔː(r)//ɔːr/- oar noun
- We took one oar each and started rowing.
- or conjunction
- Do you want cheese or jam in your sandwich?
- ore noun
- The country has rich deposits of iron ore.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rich
- high-grade
- low-grade
- …
- vein
- lump
- extract
- mine
- extract something from
- …
- deposits
- mineral
Word OriginOld English ōra ‘unwrought metal’, of West Germanic origin; influenced in form by Old English ār ‘bronze’ (related to Latin aes ‘crude metal, bronze’).