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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.
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Ores
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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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.
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Word Origin & History
ore
12c., merger of O.E. ora "ore, unworked metal" (related to ear "earth"); and O.E. ar "brass, copper, bronze," from P.Gmc. *ajiz- (cf. O.N. eir "brass, copper," Ger. ehern "brazen," Goth. aiz "bronze"), from PIE *aus- "gold" (cf. Skt. ayah "metal," Avestan ayo, L. aes "brass"). The two words were not
EXPAND fully assimilated till 17c.; what emerged has the form of ar but the meaning of ora.
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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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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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