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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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