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ores

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ores.

Editorial note

Rare earths are not rare; the problem is that they don't often occur in concentrated ores.

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Definitions4
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Quick take

A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ores gathered in one view.

noun

A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.

noun

A suburban area, formerly a village, in Hastings borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8311).

noun

A tributary of the River Leven, Fife council area, Scotland.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ores.

noun

A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.

noun

A suburban area, formerly a village, in Hastings borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8311).

noun

A tributary of the River Leven, Fife council area, Scotland.

noun

Alternative form of öre. [A Swedish unit of currency that makes up the krona. 100 öre equals one krona.]

Example sentences

1

Rare earths are not rare; the problem is that they don't often occur in concentrated ores.

2

But an estimate is being used in there somewhere, it would be interesting to show it, especially if it could be compared with earthling ores.

3

Ugh, flashbacks to hundreds of hours gathering herbs and ores with that add-on during my WoW addiction.

4

Parent comment is not talking about using silk touch picks to retrieve the ores and then using fortune picks to mine those ores -- and there's no reason to stop that behaviour.

5

In addition, such ores often contain thorium and its decay products, which makes tailings radioactive.

6

A paper I read discussed a pilot plant in the 50's that produced iron from sulfide ores.

7

You can for example ask how to produce the metal for the wiring of that power supply and from which minerals and ores.

8

Mars is large enough to have geologic activity and ores, yet it's small enough to be quite easy to get off of and into orbit.

9

They have a large tourism industry, a strong (worldwide competitive) shipping industry, and they export food products, minerals (ores?) and lots of other things besides.

10

How will it develop without access to easy oil and ores?

11

You need massive industrial infrastructure to access the remaining ores.

12

There are uraninite (pitchblende) ores that are getting on for 10% uranium, or 0.07% 235U, so a tonne of ore would yield 7 kg of 235U.

Quote examples

1

"The computer could build it's own weapons!" -- but that would requires secretly taking over mines and building factories and processing ores and running power plants, etc.

2

I don't have stats about what gets directly into the oceans, but when we mine gold, copper, and other ores, we create entire ponds called "tailings ponds" full of arsenic, cyanide, mercury, and all sorts of other nasty substances.

3

Instructions for tinkerers "for making bronze from metal ores; glass from sand, ashes, and limestone; paper from grass or straw; soap from fat; alcohol from honey; photographs from egg whites; chlorine from salt water and celluloid from cotton."[2] among other things.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ores in a sentence?

Rare earths are not rare; the problem is that they don't often occur in concentrated ores.

What does ores mean?

A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.

What part of speech is ores?

ores is commonly used as noun.