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ore

  [awr, ohr]
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–noun
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.
Origin:
bef. 900; conflation of ME ore, OE ōra ore, unreduced metal; and ME or(e) ore, metal, OE ār brass, c. OS, OHG ēr, ON eir, Goth aiz; cf. L aes bronze, coin, money
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ö⋅re

  [œ-ruh]
–noun, plural ö⋅re.
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.
Also, ø⋅re [œ-ruh] (for defs. 1, 2).

Origin:
1600–10; < < L aureus a gold coin

Ore.

 
Oregon.

Or⋅e⋅gon

  [awr-i-guhn, ‑gon, or‑]
–noun
1. a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 2,632,663; 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem. Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
2. a city in NW Ohio. 18,675.
Origin:
1870–75

Related forms:
Or⋅e⋅go⋅ni⋅an  [awr-i-goh-nee-uhn, or‑] , adjective, noun
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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.]
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ore   (ôr)  Pronunciation Key 
A naturally occurring mineral or rock from which a valuable or useful substance, especially a metal, can be extracted at a reasonable cost.
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