Ore

Noun

 * 1) Rock that contains utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems which -- at the time of the rock's evaluation and proposal for extraction -- are able to be separated from its neighboring minerals and processed at a cost that does not exceed those materials' present-day economic values.

Adjectives for Ore
useful; good-looking; metallic; massy; pavonine; vermilion-colored; rich; precious; manganese; iridescent; rough.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
or:, oor:, blend of ora: and ar:, the first a derivate of ear:, the second from  (compare  eir:,  ehern:,  𐌰𐌹𐌶:), from. Confer aes:,  ayah,  अयस्:.

Pronunciation

 * , awe
 * , awe
 * , awe
 * , awe
 * , awe

Translations

 * Arabic: ركاز
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: mena
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 礦石, 矿石
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: málmgrýti
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 광석
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: minereu
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ముడి ఖనిజం (muDi khanijaM)
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: quặng
 * Welsh:

Anagrams

 * o'er
 * roe, Roe, ROE

Noun
ore



Adverb

 * 1) now

Noun

 * 1) dough

Pronoun

 * 1) us
 * 2) our

Noun
ore


 * 1)  (hours)

Anagrams

 * ero, Ero
 * reo

Adverb

 * 1) now

Descendants

 * French: (archaic)

Noun
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
 * 1) time, period of the day period of time
 * circa 1170,, Érec et Énide:
 * quel haste avez,
 * What haste do you have
 * That wakes up at this time of day?

Descendants

 * English:
 * French:

Etymology 2
ὥρα:, hora:

Alternative forms




Noun
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