ore UK /ɔː/US /oɹ/noun 4/ˈɜːɹə/ noun 2forms 2 noun4 •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.Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. — 2014 •(historical) A type of fine wool, especially of the type historically produced in the market town of Leominster, Herefordshire.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 — 1638 •A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.In the time of Aethelred the Unready when the pound contained 240 pence, the ore was reckoned at 16 pence, but in earlier times there was probably much variation. — 1956 •(dialect, no longer used) Seaweed, especially that which is washed up ashore. öre /ˈɜːɹə/ noun2 •A Swedish unit of currency that makes up the krona. 100 öre equals one krona. •A currency unit worth one hundredth of a Norwegian and Danish krone. formsores · öres
