--- title: O — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 13 description: The 453 words of the English dictionary under O, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / O # O — The English dictionary · page 13 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Orbital means to do with an orbit, the path of something going round a planet, star or moon.[↗](../../orbital/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) An orbital road goes round a city, like London's M25.[↗](../../orbital/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The orbital bone is the bony cup around the eye.[↗](../../orbital/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) An orbital is a region in an atom where electrons are found.[↗](../../orbital/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Moon's orbital period is about 27 days.[↗](../../orbital/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The space station has an orbital speed of about 28,000 km an hour.[↗](../../orbital/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The M25 is an orbital motorway round London.[↗](../../orbital/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He hurt his orbital bone playing rugby.[↗](../../orbital/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Earth's orbital path is almost a circle.[↗](../../orbital/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Satellites are placed in orbital paths around Earth.[↗](../../orbital/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **orca** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An orca, also called a killer whale, is a large black-and-white sea mammal with a tall back fin; it is actually the biggest member of the dolphin family.[↗](../../orca/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Orcas live and hunt in family groups called pods in all the world's oceans, especially cold ones.[↗](../../orca/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The orca is the largest kind of dolphin.[↗](../../orca/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Orcas hunt together in pods.[↗](../../orca/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An orca breathes through a blowhole on its head.[↗](../../orca/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw an orca's tall black fin from the boat.[↗](../../orca/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Orcas sometimes slide onto beaches to catch seals.[↗](../../orca/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each orca pod has its own calls.[↗](../../orca/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Another name for the orca is the killer whale.[↗](../../orca/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **orchard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An orchard is a piece of land with many fruit trees, like apple, pear, cherry or orange trees, often planted in rows.[↗](../../orchard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The orchard has 8 rows of 12 apple trees.[↗](../../orchard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each tree in the orchard gives 50 apples.[↗](../../orchard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They picked 200 apples in the orchard.[↗](../../orchard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In spring the orchard is full of white blossom.[↗](../../orchard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees buzz from flower to flower in the cherry orchard.[↗](../../orchard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to an orchard to pick our own pears.[↗](../../orchard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer sells juice from his orchard.[↗](../../orchard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The orange orchards in Florida are huge.[↗](../../orchard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So he continued his journey, and after walking a long way he reached an orchard.[↗](../../orchard/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **orchestra** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An orchestra is a large group of musicians who play many instruments together, such as violins, flutes, trumpets and drums.[↗](../../orchestra/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) The orchestra stalls are the seats at the front on the ground floor of a theatre; in the USA "the orchestra" means those seats.[↗](../../orchestra/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The orchestra pit is the low space in front of a stage where the orchestra plays.[↗](../../orchestra/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I play the violin in the school orchestra.[↗](../../orchestra/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The conductor waved his baton and the orchestra began.[↗](../../orchestra/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An orchestra has strings, woodwind, brass and percussion.[↗](../../orchestra/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The orchestra has 24 violins and 12 cellos, so 36 string players in those two groups.[↗](../../orchestra/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat near the orchestra pit.[↗](../../orchestra/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The orchestra played music for the film.[↗](../../orchestra/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **orchestral** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with an orchestra or written for an orchestra, a large group of musicians playing strings, woodwind, brass and percussion together.[↗](../../orchestral/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We listened to an orchestral piece by Beethoven.[↗](../../orchestral/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The film has a great orchestral soundtrack.[↗](../../orchestral/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Violins, flutes and drums are orchestral instruments.[↗](../../orchestral/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The band released an orchestral version of their song.[↗](../../orchestral/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The orchestral music grew loud as the hero arrived.[↗](../../orchestral/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has an orchestral club on Thursdays.[↗](../../orchestral/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **orchid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An orchid is a beautiful flower with petals of unusual shapes; there are many thousands of kinds.[↗](../../orchid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Orchid is also a pale purple color.[↗](../../orchid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There were 15 roses and 62 orchids in the vase.[↗](../../orchid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jessica cut some more orchids.[↗](../../orchid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Now there are 96 orchids.[↗](../../orchid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many orchids did she cut?[↗](../../orchid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma grows orchids on her windowsill.[↗](../../orchid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some orchids grow on trees in the rainforest.[↗](../../orchid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Vanilla comes from the pod of an orchid.[↗](../../orchid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The orchid has white and purple petals.[↗](../../orchid/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Orchids need light but not too much sun.[↗](../../orchid/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave her teacher an orchid in a pot.[↗](../../orchid/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **ordain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) To ordain someone is to make them a priest, minister or rabbi in a special religious ceremony.[↗](../../ordain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To ordain something is to order or decide it officially, as a king or law does.[↗](../../ordain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To decide what will happen, as if by God or fate: «It was ordained that they would meet».[↗](../../ordain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bishop ordained three new priests.[↗](../../ordain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle was ordained a minister last summer.[↗](../../ordain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some churches ordain women as priests.[↗](../../ordain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The king ordained that a feast be held.[↗](../../ordain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ceremony to ordain a priest is called ordination.[↗](../../ordain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt it was ordained that she would become a nurse.[↗](../../ordain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · An ordained minister can lead a wedding service.[↗](../../ordain/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.[↗](../../ordain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.9.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ordain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto the LORD, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.[↗](../../ordain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.16.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ordain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **ordained** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ordained means made a priest, minister or religious leader in a special ceremony.[↗](../../ordained/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Ordained means ordered or decided by someone with power, like a law or a king.[↗](../../ordained/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Ordained can mean decided by fate or by God.[↗](../../ordained/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He was ordained a priest last year.[↗](../../ordained/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is an ordained minister in her church.[↗](../../ordained/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ordained leader blessed the children.[↗](../../ordained/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The king ordained that a feast be held.[↗](../../ordained/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, it seemed ordained that they would meet.[↗](../../ordained/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Only ordained ministers could lead the service.[↗](../../ordained/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our vicar was ordained in the cathedral.[↗](../../ordained/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The rules were ordained long ago.[↗](../../ordained/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And so the Emperor ordained that a bridge should be made the whole way.[↗](../../ordained/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · God ordained a covenant between the toes of his feet, that of circumcision; and a covenant between the fingers of his hands, that of the Tongue.[↗](../../ordained/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../ordained/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script, and Scroll.[↗](../../ordained/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ordained/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · "Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, the Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script and Scroll."[↗](../../ordained/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ordained/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently.[↗](../../ordained/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ordained/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · O LORD, Thou hast ordained them for judgment, and Thou, O Rock, hast established them for correction.[↗](../../ordained/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.1.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ordained/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **ordeal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very hard, painful or frightening experience that goes on for some time.[↗](../../ordeal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) In the Middle Ages, a cruel test, such as holding hot iron, used to "decide" if someone was guilty.[↗](../../ordeal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A religious test, such as walking through fire, believed to cleanse a person of sin.[↗](../../ordeal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The climbers were safe after a long ordeal on the mountain.[↗](../../ordeal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Being stuck in the lift for two hours was a real ordeal.[↗](../../ordeal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She told reporters about her ordeal at sea.[↗](../../ordeal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Trial by ordeal was used in medieval England.[↗](../../ordeal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist visit was not the ordeal I expected.[↗](../../ordeal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the ordeal, the lost hikers were given hot soup.[↗](../../ordeal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · During this festival it was customary for shepherds to ignite a mass of straw, through which they rushed with their flocks, believing that this ordeal would purify them from sin.[↗](../../ordeal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **order** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Order is the way things follow one after another: in alphabetical order, in order of size.[↗](../../order/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To order is to ask to buy something, or the thing you ask for: order a pizza, your order is ready.[↗](../../order/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To order also means to put things in order.[↗](../../order/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An order is a command, and to order someone is to tell them what to do.[↗](../../order/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In order means tidy, or working well; out of order means broken.[↗](../../order/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put the numbers in order from least to greatest.[↗](../../order/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She ordered 3 pizzas.[↗](../../order/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each order has 6 boxes.[↗](../../order/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The orders came in this order: Tom, Sam, Ann.[↗](../../order/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Line up in alphabetical order.[↗](../../order/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lift is out of order.[↗](../../order/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain gave the order to sail.[↗](../../order/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Your order will arrive in three days.[↗](../../order/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the steps of the experiment in the right order.[↗](../../order/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Servants came, and he ordered supper.[↗](../../order/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.[↗](../../order/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../order/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he set a row of bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.[↗](../../order/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.40.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../order/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire.[↗](../../order/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.1.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../order/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.[↗](../../order/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.23.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../order/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.[↗](../../order/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.27.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../order/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.[↗](../../order/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../order/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **ordering** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The way things are put in order; arranging or arrangement.[↗](../../ordering/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **orderly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Orderly means tidy and well arranged: an orderly desk.[↗](../../orderly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Orderly means calm and well behaved, without pushing: an orderly queue.[↗](../../orderly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) An orderly is a person who helps in a hospital, carrying things and moving patients, or a soldier who helps an officer.[↗](../../orderly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please walk out in an orderly line.[↗](../../orderly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire drill was quick and orderly.[↗](../../orderly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her pencils were in an orderly row.[↗](../../orderly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd waited in an orderly queue.[↗](../../orderly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A hospital orderly pushed the wheelchair.[↗](../../orderly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your notes neat and orderly.[↗](../../orderly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ordinal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (maths) An ordinal number shows the place or position of something in order: first, second, third, fourth and so on.[↗](../../ordinal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* First, second and third are ordinal numbers.[↗](../../ordinal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She came 3rd in the race; "third" is an ordinal.[↗](../../ordinal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ordinal of five is fifth.[↗](../../ordinal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our flat is on the fourth floor.[↗](../../ordinal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the ordinals 1st to 10th in words.[↗](../../ordinal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was the 21st person in the queue.[↗](../../ordinal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ordinance** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A rule or law that must be kept, especially one given by an authority.[↗](../../ordinance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.[↗](../../ordinance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ordinance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.[↗](../../ordinance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.13.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ordinance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And the burnt-offering was presented; and he offered it according to the ordinance.[↗](../../ordinance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ordinance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens?[↗](../../ordinance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ordinance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.[↗](../../ordinance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ordinance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If his children forsake My law, and walk not in Mine ordinances; (Writings PSA.89.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ordinance/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ordinarily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Usually; in the normal way.[↗](../../ordinarily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Ordinarily, I walk to school.[↗](../../ordinarily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In an ordinary, not special, way (less common).[↗](../../ordinarily/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ordinarily, the shop opens at nine.[↗](../../ordinarily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I ordinarily walk to school, but today Dad drove me.[↗](../../ordinarily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ordinarily she is very quiet.[↗](../../ordinarily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The river is ordinarily calm in summer.[↗](../../ordinarily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ordinarily, a cat sleeps most of the day.[↗](../../ordinarily/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was an ordinarily dressed man who won the prize.[↗](../../ordinarily/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ordinary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ordinary means normal, usual or plain; not special or different.[↗](../../ordinary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Out of the ordinary» means unusual or surprising.[↗](../../ordinary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was just an ordinary day at school.[↗](../../ordinary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She seemed like an ordinary girl, but she had a secret.[↗](../../ordinary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ordinary pencils are fine for the test.[↗](../../ordinary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing out of the ordinary happened.[↗](../../ordinary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The magic shop looked ordinary from the outside.[↗](../../ordinary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ordinary people can do great things.[↗](../../ordinary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was no ordinary cat — it could talk\![↗](../../ordinary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But this was no ordinary centipede.[↗](../../ordinary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · astronomy, etc.; for ordinary purposes there was a decimal system of notation, without tiie principle of position.[↗](../../ordinary/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ordinary/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **ordinate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (maths) The y-coordinate of a point on a graph: how far up or down the point is from the x-axis.[↗](../../ordinate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the point (2, 7), the ordinate is 7.[↗](../../ordinate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ordinate tells you how far up the point is.[↗](../../ordinate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Points on the x-axis have an ordinate of zero.[↗](../../ordinate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the ordinate from the vertical axis.[↗](../../ordinate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If the ordinate is negative, the point is below the x-axis.[↗](../../ordinate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The abscissa comes first, then the ordinate.[↗](../../ordinate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ordination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) Ordination is the ceremony in which a person is made a priest, minister, deacon or rabbi, usually by a bishop or other leader.[↗](../../ordination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) Ordination is also the state of being ordained, of being given the role of a minister.[↗](../../ordination/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cousin's ordination took place in the cathedral.[↗](../../ordination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At the ordination, the bishop laid his hands on her head and prayed.[↗](../../ordination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After his ordination he became the vicar of a small village church.[↗](../../ordination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Families came from far away to see the ordination.[↗](../../ordination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some churches allow the ordination of women and some do not.[↗](../../ordination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new priest wore white for his ordination.[↗](../../ordination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ordnance** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Military weapons, especially large guns, bombs, shells and ammunition.[↗](../../ordnance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ordnance Survey: the government map-making organisation of Great Britain (Ordnance Survey Ireland in Ireland) (a name).[↗](../../ordnance/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We used an Ordnance Survey map to find the path.[↗](../../ordnance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the church on the OS map using a four-figure grid reference.[↗](../../ordnance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Unexploded ordnance from the war was found on the beach.[↗](../../ordnance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The army stored its ordnance in a guarded building.[↗](../../ordnance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ordnance Survey began by mapping Britain for the army.[↗](../../ordnance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ordnance experts made the old bomb safe.[↗](../../ordnance/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ore is rock or earth that has a useful metal in it, like iron or copper, which people dig up and take the metal out of.[↗](../../ore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Iron ore is dug out of the ground.[↗](../../ore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The miners loaded the ore into carts.[↗](../../ore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Australia sends a lot of iron ore to other countries.[↗](../../ore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ore is heated to get the metal out.[↗](../../ore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This rock is ore because it has copper in it.[↗](../../ore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Trains carry ore from the mine to the port.[↗](../../ore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **organ** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A part of the body that has a special job, like the heart, lungs, brain, stomach or skin.[↗](../../organ/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A large musical instrument with pipes and keyboards, played in churches and concert halls.[↗](../../organ/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A part of a plant with a special job, like a leaf or root.[↗](../../organ/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The heart is an organ that pumps blood.[↗](../../organ/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your skin is your biggest organ.[↗](../../organ/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lungs and the heart are vital organs.[↗](../../organ/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ribs protect important organs in your chest.[↗](../../organ/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She plays the organ in church on Sundays.[↗](../../organ/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The organ's big pipes made the floor shake.[↗](../../organ/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people sign up to be organ donors to help others.[↗](../../organ/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves are organs that make food for the plant.[↗](../../organ/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The gate stood open, lights were burning upon the altar, and the organ sounded.[↗](../../organ/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The twelve simple letters ה״ו״ז ח״ט״י ל״נ״ם ע״צ״ק symbolize, as it were, the organs of speaking, thinking, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../organ/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The twelve organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestines, liver, gullet \[39\] or esophagus, stomach and milt.[↗](../../organ/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../organ/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Both items refer to anatomical hiddenness: the word emerging from the tongue, hidden in the mouth, and circumcision of the genitals, the concealed lower organs revealed during circumcision.[↗](../../organ/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../organ/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) … [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/12/) **13** [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/14/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/23/) - ← previous: [page 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/12/) - next →: [page 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/14/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)