Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined;
2.
a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden;
100 ore equal 1 krona;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ore \Ore\ ([=o]r), n. [AS. [=a]r.]
Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ore \Ore\, n. [AS. [=o]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.]
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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).
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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.
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3. Metal; as, the liquid ore. [R.] --Milton.
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Ore hearth, a low furnace in which rich lead ore is
reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth. --Raymond.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ore
n 1: a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be
mined
2: a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore
equal 1 krona
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "ore":
argentite, arsenopyrite, bauxite, chalcocite, cinnabar, crude,
galena, iron ore, ironstone, limonite, lodestone, magnetite,
mineral, mineral-bearing material, mispickel, pyrite, raw material,
rich ore, rich vein, rough diamond, siderite, stibnite,
unanalyzed mass, unlicked cub, untreated mineral, virgin soil