öre

UK: /ˈørə/ US: (œ′rə)

Inflections of 'öre' (n): npl: öre (Norwegian coin)

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öre / ˈørə/ noun (öre)

1. a Scandinavian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a Swedish krona and (øre) one hundredth of a Danish and Norwegian krone

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ore /ɔr/   n. 

1. Mineralogy a metal-bearing mineral that can be mined at a profit, or a mineral or natural product serving as a source of some nonmetallic substance, as sulfur:
   [uncountable] searching for iron ore.
   [countable] different ores.

Ore.,  an abbreviation of:

1. Place Names Oregon.

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ore  (ôr, ōr), n. 

1. Mineralogy a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
2. Mineralogy a mineral or natural product serving as a source of some nonmetallic substance, as sulfur.

• bef. 900; conflation of Middle English ore, Old English ōra ore, unreduced metal; and Middle English or(e) ore, metal, Old English ār brass, cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German ēr, Old Norse eir, Gothic aiz; compare Latin aes bronze, coin, money

ö•re  (œ′rə), n., pl. ö•re. 

1. Currency a bronze coin of Norway, the 100th part of a krone.
2. a zinc or bronze coin of Denmark, the 100th part of a krone.
3. Currency a bronze coin of Sweden, the 100th part of a krona.
4. a fractional currency of the Faeroe Islands, the 100th part of a krona.

Also, ø•re (œ′rə) (for defs. 1, 2).

• Latin aureus a gold coin
• 1600–10

Ore., 

1. Place Names Oregon.

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ore / ɔː/ noun

1. any naturally occurring mineral or aggregate of minerals from which economically important constituents, esp metals, can be extracted

Etymology: Old English ār, ōra; related to Gothic aiz, Latin aes, Dutch oer