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ore - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'ore' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ore [ n.]
- Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry.
- The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).
- A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.
- Metal; as, the liquid ore.