| Ore 1. (n.) Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury. 2. (n.) The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers). 3. (n.) A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless. 4. (n.) Metal; as, the liquid ore. Thesaurus Entries argentite, arsenopyrite, bauxite, chalcocite, cinnabar, crude, galena, iron ore, ironstone, limonite, lodestone, magnetite, mineral, mineral-bearing material, mispickel, pyrite, raw material, rich ore, rich vein, rough diamond, siderite, stibnite, unanalyzed mass, unlicked cub, untreated mineral, virgin soil |