C2noun · countable / uncountable · common

ore

ore · ores

руда

Erz

Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materialsRock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.

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UK/ɔː/US/oɹ/

» Iron ore occurs there in abundance.

Железная руда находится там в изобилии. — odexed

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Meaning

4 senses

(countable, uncountable)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.
Erz
руда́rudá
руда́rudá
a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.
(historical, uncountable)A type of fine wool, especially of the type historically produced in the market town of Leominster, Herefordshire.
(archaic, dialectal, uncountable)Seaweed, especially that which is washed up ashore.

Examples

17 sentences

Iron ore occurs there in abundance.
ruЖелезная руда находится там в изобилии. — odexed
nwt · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Where do you find tungsten ore?
deWo findet man Wolframerz? — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
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Geologists arrived to explore the ore.
ruГеологи прибыли на разведку руды. — ABChessel
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
This location is rich in iron ore.
ruЭто место богато железной рудой. — fjay69
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Treat the men well and the ore will come.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

rock that contains materials that can be economically extracted and processed:

Русский

By meaning 1

rock that contains materials that can be economically extracted and processed:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

rock that contains materials that can be economically extracted and processed:

Origin

From Middle English or, oor, blend of Old English ōra (“ore, unwrought metal”), of uncerta

From Middle English or, oor, blend of Old English ōra (“ore, unwrought metal”), of uncertain origin, and ār (“brass, copper, bronze”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.

Borrowed from Latin ora.

A southern variant of ware (“seaweed”).

Possibly originating as a figurative use of Etymology 1, with Leominster's "ore" representing the wealth of the town.

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