iron ore

See also: ironore and iron-ore

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Alternative forms

  • iron-ore
  • ironore (rare)

Noun

iron ore (countable and uncountable, plural iron ores)

  1. (mining) A mineral deposit from which iron can be viably extracted.
    Hypernym: ore
    Hyponyms: hematite, kidney ore, martite; magnetite; goethite; limonite; siderite
    • 1966, Proceedings - Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch‎[1], volumes 67-72, →OCLC, page 66:
      Paotow owes its chief prosperity to the coalfields of Shensi and Shansi, to iron ore at Paiyun-opo, ninety miles north towards the Gobi, together with the rail links eastwards to Peking and Manchuria.

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