Ore
noun
A type of rock or soil from which metal can be obtained.
The miners were digging for ore in the mountains.
Often appears as...
- iron ore
- copper ore
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Technical
noun
Used in combinations to refer to a person or thing of a particular type.
These are just a few examples of the many ores of human kindness.
Often appears as...
- ores of knowledge
- ores of wisdom
noun
A measure of weight, used especially in Denmark and Sweden, for precious metals and gemstones.
This gold necklace weighs about five ores.
Often appears as...
- gold ore
- diamond ore
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of rock or soil from which metal can be obtained.
The miners were digging for ore in the mountains.
Often appears as...
- iron ore
- copper ore
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Used in combinations to refer to a person or thing of a particular type.
These are just a few examples of the many ores of human kindness.
Often appears as...
- ores of knowledge
- ores of wisdom
noun
A measure of weight, used especially in Denmark and Sweden, for precious metals and gemstones.
This gold necklace weighs about five ores.
Often appears as...
- gold ore
- diamond ore
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Geological Context
Understanding 'ore' requires basic knowledge of geology and mining
We visited a museum showcasing various ores and minerals.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Relevance
'Ore' often appears in discussions about industrial processes and economics
The steel company invested in a new ore processing plant.
Pro Tip 3/3Value Implication
Ores imply potential value once processed, not necessarily value in raw form
He discovered a vein of ore, hinting at hidden riches.
Pro Tip 1/3Geological Context
Understanding 'ore' requires basic knowledge of geology and mining
We visited a museum showcasing various ores and minerals.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Relevance
'Ore' often appears in discussions about industrial processes and economics
The steel company invested in a new ore processing plant.
Pro Tip 3/3Value Implication
Ores imply potential value once processed, not necessarily value in raw form
He discovered a vein of ore, hinting at hidden riches.
Pro Tip 1/3Geological Context
Understanding 'ore' requires basic knowledge of geology and mining
We visited a museum showcasing various ores and minerals.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Relevance
'Ore' often appears in discussions about industrial processes and economics
The steel company invested in a new ore processing plant.
Pro Tip 3/3Value Implication
Ores imply potential value once processed, not necessarily value in raw form
He discovered a vein of ore, hinting at hidden riches.
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A radical plan to end...
Yeah, look, I'm in the iron ore business, and I compete against the scrap metal business, and that's why you don't have any scrap lying around to trip over, and cut your toe on, because it gets collected. This isn't your excuse to go into the plastic recycling business. No, I am going to cheer for this boom.
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The genius of Marie...
This led her to conclude that radiation was coming from something fundamental within the atoms of each element. The idea was radical and helped to disprove the long-standing model of atoms as indivisible objects. Next, by focusing on a super radioactive ore called pitchblende,
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Is radiation dangerous?...
a gas which seeps up from the ground. We also refine naturally occurring radioactive ores to fuel nuclear power plants. Even bananas contain trace amounts of a radioactive potassium isotope. So if we live in a world of radiation, how can we escape its dangerous effects?
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On exploring the oceans...
you have massive heavy metal deposits that we're making in this mountain range we're making huge discoveries of large commercial grade ore along this mountain range but it was dwarfed was dwarfed by what we discovered we discovered a profusion of life in a world that it
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Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
to get gold out of a ton of old mobile phones than it is out of a ton of gold ore? There's a number of highly complex and valuable materials embodied inside these things, so we need to find ways of encouraging disassembly, because this is otherwise what happens.
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Hidden Alaska PIPE National...
area this is where the ore body is so all of this would be stripped minded I don't have a problem I use copper we're probably using copper here tonight I use copper in my computer but if it jeopardizes you know the environment and a lifestyle
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How to rebuild the world...
metal out of rock out of the ore and we use fire to drive much of the crucial chemistry that our society today depends on like making artificial fertilizers which feed over 2 billion people on the planet today our modern world is as
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Wade Davis: Cultures at...
and have a different relationship to that resource or that place than a young kid from Montana raised to believe that a mountain is a pile of rock ready to be mined. Whether it's the abode of a spirit or a pile of ore is irrelevant.
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Mike Biddle: We can...
that we use every single day? It's mostly many types of plastics and many types of metals. And the metals, we typically get from ore that we mine in ever widening mines and ever deepening mines around the world.
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Surrounded by Life PIPE...
one before in the world in collections and museums yes that uranium ore it's certainly the biggest moth I've seen flying the biggest cicadas in flying and
Video examples
A radical plan to end...
Yeah, look, I'm in the iron ore business, and I compete against the scrap metal business, and that's why you don't have any scrap lying around to trip over, and cut your toe on, because it gets collected. This isn't your excuse to go into the plastic recycling business. No, I am going to cheer for this boom.
Video examples
The genius of Marie...
This led her to conclude that radiation was coming from something fundamental within the atoms of each element. The idea was radical and helped to disprove the long-standing model of atoms as indivisible objects. Next, by focusing on a super radioactive ore called pitchblende,
Video examples
Is radiation dangerous?...
a gas which seeps up from the ground. We also refine naturally occurring radioactive ores to fuel nuclear power plants. Even bananas contain trace amounts of a radioactive potassium isotope. So if we live in a world of radiation, how can we escape its dangerous effects?
Video examples
On exploring the oceans...
you have massive heavy metal deposits that we're making in this mountain range we're making huge discoveries of large commercial grade ore along this mountain range but it was dwarfed was dwarfed by what we discovered we discovered a profusion of life in a world that it
Video examples
Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
to get gold out of a ton of old mobile phones than it is out of a ton of gold ore? There's a number of highly complex and valuable materials embodied inside these things, so we need to find ways of encouraging disassembly, because this is otherwise what happens.
Video examples
Hidden Alaska PIPE National...
area this is where the ore body is so all of this would be stripped minded I don't have a problem I use copper we're probably using copper here tonight I use copper in my computer but if it jeopardizes you know the environment and a lifestyle
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
metal out of rock out of the ore and we use fire to drive much of the crucial chemistry that our society today depends on like making artificial fertilizers which feed over 2 billion people on the planet today our modern world is as
Video examples
Wade Davis: Cultures at...
and have a different relationship to that resource or that place than a young kid from Montana raised to believe that a mountain is a pile of rock ready to be mined. Whether it's the abode of a spirit or a pile of ore is irrelevant.
Video examples
Mike Biddle: We can...
that we use every single day? It's mostly many types of plastics and many types of metals. And the metals, we typically get from ore that we mine in ever widening mines and ever deepening mines around the world.
Video examples
Surrounded by Life PIPE...
one before in the world in collections and museums yes that uranium ore it's certainly the biggest moth I've seen flying the biggest cicadas in flying and
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Quote examples
Jackson Pollock
American Artist
When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen.
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Rick Tumlinson
American Businessman
To settle space, we will have to develop the ability to harvest and utilize the resources of the solar system, such as ores, ice, and the rays of the sun itself at levels of efficiency that will transform our relationship to our own planet Earth.
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Susan Vreeland
American Author
When I learned that near Roussillon there were ochre quarries and mines from which was extracted the ore which produced pigments in all the warm hues of the color wheel, I had a substantial artistic link to this region beyond mere love.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
Mediaeval mythology, rich and gorgeous, is a compound like Corinthian brass, into which many pure ores have been fused, or it is a full turbid river drawn from numerous feeders, which had their sources in remote climes.
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Charles Caleb Colton
English Writer
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
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Jonathan Ive
English Designer
Unless we understand a certain material - metal or resin and plastic - understanding the processes that turn it from ore, for example - we can never develop and define form that's appropriate.
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Robert Robinson
British Scientist
I have never discovered a penicillin, and I have not worked in the mines where ores of the more Nobeliferous metals are to be found.
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Lakshmi Mittal
Indian Businessman
We are not in the business of iron ore. Whatever captive iron ore sources we have, we use it to make steel.
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Edgar Allan Poe
American Poet
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
Quote examples
Jackson Pollock
American Artist
When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen.
Quote examples
Rick Tumlinson
American Businessman
To settle space, we will have to develop the ability to harvest and utilize the resources of the solar system, such as ores, ice, and the rays of the sun itself at levels of efficiency that will transform our relationship to our own planet Earth.
Quote examples
Susan Vreeland
American Author
When I learned that near Roussillon there were ochre quarries and mines from which was extracted the ore which produced pigments in all the warm hues of the color wheel, I had a substantial artistic link to this region beyond mere love.
Quote examples
Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
Mediaeval mythology, rich and gorgeous, is a compound like Corinthian brass, into which many pure ores have been fused, or it is a full turbid river drawn from numerous feeders, which had their sources in remote climes.
Quote examples
Charles Caleb Colton
English Writer
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Quote examples
Jonathan Ive
English Designer
Unless we understand a certain material - metal or resin and plastic - understanding the processes that turn it from ore, for example - we can never develop and define form that's appropriate.
Quote examples
Robert Robinson
British Scientist
I have never discovered a penicillin, and I have not worked in the mines where ores of the more Nobeliferous metals are to be found.
Quote examples
Lakshmi Mittal
Indian Businessman
We are not in the business of iron ore. Whatever captive iron ore sources we have, we use it to make steel.
Quote examples
Edgar Allan Poe
American Poet
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
Quote examples
Mark Twain
American Writer
Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
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