Synonyms for ore

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awr, ohr

Phonetic Transcription : ɔr, oʊr

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Définition of ore

Origin : 12c., merger of Old English ora "ore, unworked metal" (related to ear "earth," cognate with Low German ur "iron-containing ore," Dutch oer, Old Norse aurr "gravel"); and Old English ar "brass, copper, bronze," from Proto-Germanic *ajiz- (cf. Old Norse eir "brass, copper," German ehern "brazen," Gothic aiz "bronze"), from PIE *aus- "gold" (see aureate). The two words were not fully assimilated till 17c.; what emerged has the form of ar but the meaning of ora.

noun mineral
noun metallic mineral

Example sentences :

The veins of this ore in Tuscarawas are from five to fifteen feet thick.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

Then when all had been approved the test lot of ore was run.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

By way of answer I explained that I knew the source of the ore but not the route of its coming.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

But this little they must have, and it seems that the supply of ore was failing.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

With it went a sample of the ore and the bullet that had killed Pete.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

I say that it's a most astonishing thing if the ore suddenly stops there.
Extract from : « Joy (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

The ore may be as much as thirty or forty yards out; but it 's there, depend on it.
Extract from : « Joy (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

The ore has now to be raised from a depth of fifteen hundred feet and more.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

The ore is first crushed, and by adding water is made into a thin paste.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

He followed the bits of ore to a narrow stringer of blackish rock.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

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