Ore

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 See also

English

Pronunciation

• ô(r), /ɔː(r)/, /O:(r)/

  Homophones: oar, or; awe (in non-rhotic accents)

  Rhymes: -O:(r)

Noun

ore (uncountable and countable, plural: ores)

1. Rock that contains enough of one or more metals to be worth processing to obtain the pure metal or metals. Ore usually comes from a mine.

Translations

• Chinese: 礦石, 矿石
• Dutch: erts n
• Danish: malm c
• French: minerai m
• German: Erz n
• Greek: μετάλλευμα n
• Hebrew: עַפְרָה f
• Italian: minerale m
• Japanese: 鉱石
• Korean: 광석
• Portuguese: minério m
• Russian: штуф m (shtuf)
• Slovene: ruda f
• Spanish: mineral m
• Swedish: malm c

See also

• Wikipedia article on ore