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ore

1

[ awr, ohr ]

noun

  1. a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
  2. a mineral or natural product serving as a source of some nonmetallic substance, as sulfur.


ö°ù±ð

2

[ ²Õ-ruh ]

noun

plural ö°ù±ð.
  1. a bronze coin of Norway, one 100th of a krone.
  2. a zinc or bronze coin of Denmark, one 100th of a krone.
  3. a bronze coin of Sweden, one 100th of a krona.
  4. a fractional currency of the Faeroe Islands, one 100th of a krona.

Ore.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Oregon.

ö°ù±ð

1

/ ˈø°ùÉ™ /

noun

  1. a Scandinavian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a Swedish krona and ( ø°ù±ð ) one hundredth of a Danish and Norwegian krone
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ore

2

/ É”Ë /

noun

  1. any naturally occurring mineral or aggregate of minerals from which economically important constituents, esp metals, can be extracted
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ore

/ ô°ù /

  1. A naturally occurring mineral or rock from which a valuable or useful substance, especially a metal, can be extracted at a reasonable cost.

ore

  1. In geology , a mineral that contains a commercially useful material, such as gold or uranium .
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Notes

Ore deposits are generally mined, and the ore is processed to recover the material.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ore1

before 900; conflation of Middle English ore, Old English Å°ù²¹ ore, unreduced metal; and Middle English or(e) ore, metal, Old English Äå°ù brass, cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German ŧ°ù, Old Norse eir, Gothic aiz; compare Latin aes bronze, coin, money

Origin of ore2

First recorded in 1600–10; ultimately from Latin aureus “a gold coin of ancient Romeâ€; aureus ( def )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ore1

Old English Äå°ù, Å°ù²¹; related to Gothic aiz, Latin aes, Dutch oer
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Without coal and iron ore, the blast furnaces will shut down within weeks.

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After separating out the minerals, the mining ships then pipe back overboard the processed waters, sediment and mining “fines,†which are the small particles of the ground-up nodule ore.

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The M23 has also seized territory containing mines for coltan ore, which China imports in large volumes.

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"We currently have seven million tonnes of graphite ore left, which means 12 more years of work," says Ihor in a direct style you'd almost expect from the director of a graphite factory.

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Smelted iron, extracted from ore, marked the true beginning of iron technology with mass production.

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