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ore

noun
🔊/ɔː(r)/
🔊/ɔːr/
 [uncountable, countable]
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  1. rock, earth, etc. from which metal can be obtained矿石；矿砂；矿
    • iron ore铁矿石
    • ore smelted with charcoal用木炭熔炼的矿石
    • smelting the ore with charcoal用木炭提炼矿石
    Homophones oar | or | oreoar   or   ore
    🔊/ɔː(r)/
    🔊/ɔːr/
    • oar noun
      • We took one oar each and started rowing.我们各划了一个桨，开始划船。
    • or conjunction
      • Do you want cheese or jam in your sandwich?您要奶酪还是果酱三明治？
    • ore noun
      • The country has rich deposits of iron ore.该国铁矿石储量丰富。
    Topics Physics and chemistryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • rich
    • high-grade
    • low-grade
    • …
    … of ore
    • vein
    • lump
    verb + ore
    • extract
    • mine
    • extract something from
    • …
    ore + noun
    • deposits
    • mineral
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    Word OriginOld English ōra ‘unwrought metal’, of West Germanic origin; influenced in form by Old English ār ‘bronze’ (related to Latin aes ‘crude metal, bronze’).