ORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ore mean? 

• ORE (noun)
  The noun ORE has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: ORE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ore" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ore"):

concentrate; dressed ore (the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore)

iron ore (an ore from which iron can be extracted)

lead ore (ore containing lead)

pay dirt (ore that yields a substantial profit to the miner)

uranium ore (any ore from which uranium can be extracted)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("ore" is a kind of...):

fractional monetary unit; subunit (a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit)

Holonyms ("ore" is a part of...):

krona; Swedish krona (the basic unit of money in Sweden)

Danish krone; krone (the basic unit of money in Denmark)

krone; Norwegian krone (the basic unit of money in Norway)

 Context examples 

Vast sections of it have been cleared, for this is the seat of the first iron-works of the country, and the trees have been felled to smelt the ore.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Beryl ore is found in deeply buried rocks mainly in pegmatites.

(Beryl Ore, NCI Thesaurus)

And better—so much better as pure ore is than foul dross.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Nickel sulfide is used in lithium batteries, as a catalyst in the petrochemical industry and is used in the manufacture of silicate-oxide nickel ores.

(Nickel Sulfide, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores.

(Gallium, NCI Thesaurus)

The buried were placed in the middle of the cave and a variety of elements were used during the rituals, such as plant materials (branches and trunks), ceramic vessels that must have played an important role given the degree of fragmentation they exhibit, iron oxide ores (‘ochre’).

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)