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# ore

«ore» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **rock or earth that has a useful metal in it, like iron or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (ore, ores)

### meaning for a pupil

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. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ore/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in science and history lessons about rocks, mining and materials: iron ore is heated in a furnace to make iron. In geography: countries that mine ore. Phrases: "iron ore", "copper ore", "gold ore".

### examples

- Iron ore is dug out of the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ore/#x1)
- The miners loaded the ore into carts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ore/#x2)
- Australia sends a lot of iron ore to other countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ore/#x3)
- The ore is heated to get the metal out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ore/#x4)
- This rock is ore because it has copper in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ore/#x5)
- Trains carry ore from the mine to the port. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ore/#x6)

### note

Usually uncountable (some ore), but "ores" is used for different kinds. Homophones: "oar" (for rowing a boat) and "or" (this or that) sound the same in many accents.

### In the corpora

- [Recycling metals uses far less energy than mining new ore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost/7/)
- [Metals usually come from ores, rocks containing enough metal to be worth mining.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost/8/)
- [Smelting heats ore with fuel such as charcoal or coke (a fuel made from coal) to free the metal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost/9/)
- [Recycling metals uses much less energy than mining new ore, and aluminium can be recycled again and again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ore» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ore/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.