different between ore vs ironstone
ore
English
Etymology
From Middle English or, oor, blend of Old English ?ra (“ore, unwrought metal”) and ?r (“brass, copper, bronze”), the first a derivate of ear (“earth”), the second from Proto-Germanic *aiz (cognates Old Norse eir (“brass, copper”), German ehern (“of metal, of iron”), Gothic ???????????? (aiz, “ore”)), from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h?éyos. Compare Dutch oer (“ferrous hardpan; bog iron ore”). Compare Latin aes (“bronze, copper”), Avestan ????????????????????? (aiiah), Sanskrit ???? (áyas, “copper, iron”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: ôr, IPA(key): /??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ?r, IPA(key): /o(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /o?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophones: oar, o'er; or (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger); aw, awe (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
Noun
ore (countable and uncountable, plural ores)
- 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.
Derived terms
- iron ore
- orefield
Translations
See also
- ore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- EOR, REO, ROE, Roe, o'er, roe
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [u????]
Noun
ore
- plural of oor
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- oarã
Etymology
From Latin h?ra. Compare Romanian oar?.
Noun
ore f (plural or, definite articulation ora)
- a time, instance
Basque
Noun
ore inan
- dough
Borôro
Noun
ore
- child
Galician
Verb
ore
- first-person singular present subjunctive of orar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of orar
Guaraní
Pronoun
ore
- us
- our
See also
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ore
Noun
ore f
- plural of ora
Anagrams
- ero, Ero, reo
Japanese
Romanization
ore
- R?maji transcription of ??
Latin
Noun
?re n
- ablative singular of ?s
References
- ore in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ?ra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.
Noun
ôre n
- ear
Descendants
- Dutch: oor
- Afrikaans: oor
- Limburgish: oear
Further reading
- “ore”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “ore (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
ore
- Alternative form of oure (“aurochs”)
Etymology 2
Determiner
ore
- Alternative form of oure (“our”)
Etymology 3
Determiner
ore
- Alternative form of youre
Etymology 4
Determiner
ore
- (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)
Etymology 5
Noun
ore
- Alternative form of hore (“muck”)
Middle French
Etymology
Old French ore.
Adverb
ore
- now
Descendants
- French: or
Middle High German
Etymology
From Old High German ?ra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.
Noun
ore n
- ear
Descendants
- Alemannic German: Oor
- Bavarian: Oar
- Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
- Hunsrik: Oher
- Luxembourgish: Ouer
- German: Ohr
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Ohr
- Vilamovian: ür
- Yiddish: ?????? (oyer)
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon ?ra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.
Pronunciation
- Stem vowel: ô²
- (originally) IPA(key): /??r?/
Noun
ôre n
- ear
Descendants
- Low German: Ohr
- Dutch Low Saxon: oor
- German Low German: Or, Ur
- Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o.re/
Noun
ore f
- A mine, place in which ore is dug
Declension
Derived terms
- ?sern?re (“iron mine”)
Related terms
- ?ra (“ore”)
- gyldenwe?? (“gold mine”)
Old French
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
- or, ores
Adverb
ore
- now
Descendants
- French: or (archaic)
Etymology 2
From Latin h?ra, from Ancient Greek ??? (h?ra).
Alternative forms
- hore, eure, heure, eur, heur
Noun
ore f (oblique plural ores, nominative singular ore, nominative plural ores)
- hour; time, period of the day (period of time)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?- What haste do you have
- That wakes up at this time of day?
- quel haste avez,
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Descendants
- English: hour
- French: heure
- Norman: heure, houre (continental Norman), heuthe (Jersey), haeure (Guernsey)
Portuguese
Verb
ore
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of orar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of orar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of orar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of orar
Romanian
Noun
ore f pl
- plural of or?
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
ore (Cyrillic spelling ???)
- third-person singular present of orati
Spanish
Verb
ore
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of orar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of orar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of orar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of orar.
Tarantino
Noun
ore
- gold
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ironstone
English
Etymology
From iron +? stone.
Noun
ironstone (countable and uncountable, plural ironstones)
- Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
- 1815, Mungo Park, Travels in the Interior of Africa, Vol. II, Cassell: 1893, Chapter XXI, [1]
- During my stay at Kamalia there was a smelting furnace at a short distance from the hut where I lodged, and the owner and his workmen made no secret about the manner of conducting the operation, and readily allowed me to examine the furnace, and assist them in breaking the ironstone.
- 1924, D. H. Lawrence, The Boy in the Bush, New York: Viking, 1972, Chapter 3, p. 41,
- The trees like this barren ironstone formation. It's well they do, for nothing else does.
- 1977, J. M. Coetzee, In the Heart of the Country, Penguin, 1982, p. 61,
- While I listen I sniff in the cordite fumes. Ironstone chipped against ironstone invokes a spark and a wisp of the same heady smoke.
- 1815, Mungo Park, Travels in the Interior of Africa, Vol. II, Cassell: 1893, Chapter XXI, [1]
- A type of vitreous pottery similar to stoneware
- 2000, Donna J. Seifert, Elizabeth Barthold O'Brien and Joseph Balicki, "Mary Ann Hall's first-class house: the archaeology of a capital brothel" in Robert A. Schmidt and Barbara L. Voss (eds.), Archaeologies of Sexuality, London: Routledge, p. 120,
- More than 50 percent of the collection from Hall’s brothel is ironstone and porcelain. White ironstone tablewares became popular in the late 1850s, and the high percentage of this ware suggests attention to fashion.
- 2000, Donna J. Seifert, Elizabeth Barthold O'Brien and Joseph Balicki, "Mary Ann Hall's first-class house: the archaeology of a capital brothel" in Robert A. Schmidt and Barbara L. Voss (eds.), Archaeologies of Sexuality, London: Routledge, p. 120,
Derived terms
- blackband ironstone
- carbonaceous ironstone
Translations
References
- ironstone in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ironstone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- serotonin
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