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Meaning of ore in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ɔr/

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  1. Noun

    ore

    Etymology

    Old English ōra ‘unwrought metal’, of West Germanic origin; influenced in form by Old Englishār ‘bronze’ (related to Latin aes‘crude metal, bronze’)

    Definitions

    1. a metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined
  2. 2. a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden

    Examples

    • « 100 ore equal 1 krona »

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