Ore

Quick meaning: Ore is a noun meaning A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
2. Obsolete form of over.
3. Alternative form of öre.
4. (dialectal, archaic) Seaweed, especially that which is washed up ashore.
5. (historical) A type of fine wool, especially of the type historically produced in the market town of Leominster, Herefordshire.

Example Sentences

When I behold the violet paſt prime, / And ſable curls or ſiluer'd ore with white: […]

But then the ore of Lempſter / By Got is never a Sempſter; / That when he is ſpun, ore did, / Yet match him with hir thrid

Stepnohirsk grew into a town from the village of Sukhoivanivka in the 1980s after vast deposits of manganese ore nearby were discovered.

In the time of Æthelred the Unready when the pound contained 240 pence, the ore was reckoned at 16 pence, but in earlier times there was probably much variation.

Word Forms

• ores

Synonyms for ore

Depending on context, synonyms include ora.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rock, iron, deposit, gold, mineral, mining.

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