[awr, ohr] 
| 1. | a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit. |
| 2. | a mineral or natural product serving as a source of some nonmetallic substance, as sulfur. |
[œ-ruh] | 1. | a bronze coin of Norway, the 100th part of a krone. |
| 2. | a zinc or bronze coin of Denmark, the 100th part of a krone. |
| 3. | a bronze coin of Sweden, the 100th part of a krona. |
| 4. | a fractional currency of the Faeroe Islands, the 100th part of a krona. |
(for defs. 1, 2).| ore (ôr, ōr) n. A mineral or an aggregate of minerals from which a valuable constituent, especially a metal, can be profitably mined or extracted. [Middle English, from Old English ōra and from Old English ār, brass, copper, bronze.] |
| ö·re (ɶ'rə) n. See Table at currency. [Swedish, from Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus, gold coin, from aurum, gold.] |
| ø·re (ɶ'rə) n. See Table at currency. [Danish and Norwegian, both from Old Norse eyrir; see öre.] |
