ore
Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
Other meanings
A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.
A type of fine wool, especially of the type historically produced in the market town of Leominster, Herefordshire.
A kind of
- mineral
Kinds of ore
- dressed ore
- iron ore
- lead ore
- pay dirt
- uranium ore
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "ōra" (ore, unwrought metal).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ore” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.