ore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
  2. noun a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona

WordNet

Ore noun
Etymology
AS. ar.
Definitions
  1. Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. Obs. Chaucer.
Ore noun
Etymology
AS. ra; cf. ar brass, bronze, akin to OHG. r, G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes, Skr. ayas iron. 210. Cf. Ora, Era.
Definitions
  1. 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).
  2. (Mining) 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.
  3. Metal; as, the liquid ore. R. Milton.

Webster 1913