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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
ore
    n 1: a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be
         mined
    2: a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore
       equal 1 krona

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ore \Ore\ ([=o]r), n. [AS. [=a]r.]
   Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ore \Ore\, n. [AS. [=o]ra; cf. [=a]r brass, bronze, akin to OHG.
   [=e]r, G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes,
   Skr. ayas iron. [root]210. Cf. Ora, Era.]
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   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).
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   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.
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   3. Metal; as, the liquid ore. [R.] --Milton.
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   Ore hearth, a low furnace in which rich lead ore is
      reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth. --Raymond.
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Thesaurus Results for ORE:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
argentite, arsenopyrite, bauxite, chalcocite, cinnabar, crude, galena, iron ore, ironstone, limonite, lodestone, magnetite, mineral, mineral-bearing material, mispickel, pyrite, raw material, rich ore, rich vein, rough diamond, siderite, stibnite, unanalyzed mass, unlicked cub, untreated mineral, virgin soil
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