ore
IPA: ˈɔr
noun
- 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.
- A suburban area, formerly a village, in Hastings borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8311).
- (sports) Abbreviation of Oregon. [A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Salem. Largest city: Portland.]
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Examples of "ore" in Sentences
- The main profession of Ores is carpentry.
- Auriferous pyrite is a valuable ore of gold.
- This ore became the basis of the steelworks.
- The gossan was the primary source of mined ore.
- The only ore of chromium is the mineral chromate.
- Manganese is one of the ores mined in the vicinity.
- The overburden is removed to allow access to the ore.
- The deposit is of the order of billions of tonnes of ore.
- The ironworks continued to mine ore from the slopes of the Karavanke.
- Black powder allowed the mining of previously impenetrable metals and ores.
- It seems like our second highest export besides the ore is beautiful teenagers.
- The supply of this ore is apparently inexhaustible, but no veins have as yet been found.
- The country lacks the technology to convert the titanium ore into metal and therefore the ore is used mostly in dyes and paints after processing.
- This ore is the foundation material for our blast furnace operations at Sydney, Nova Scotia, and is also exported for use in the steel plants of the British Isles and of Germany.
- Congo has diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt, cassiterite (tin ore) and coltan as well as timber, coffee and oil, little of which has benefited the Congolese, since the brutal rule of Belgium during colonial times.
- The Pilbara has boomed in recent years as China's voracious demand for iron ore to feed its construction-driven economy has put a premium on ore from the region, the country's nearest overseas source of high-quality ore.
- Strong demand from China and other parts of Asia for Australia 's major commodity exports of coking coal and iron ore is also reshaping the economy, fueling a shift to record monthly trade surpluses, swelling government revenue and powering the economy at above-average growth rates.
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