ore
nounUK /ɔː/
US /ɔːr/
Ore is rock that has metal inside it.
The miners dug up iron ore from the mountain.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A valuable natural resource that can be extracted for profit.
The region is rich in ore and draws many mining companies.
3. A source of something valuable that can be developed or used.
Her notebooks became an ore of ideas for the novel.
4. A mineral aggregate from which a useful element can be separated economically.
Copper ore is crushed and treated before the metal is refined.