Definitions
a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona
Word origin
From Middle English or, oor, blend of Old English ōra (“ore, unwrought metal”) and ār (“brass, copper, bronze”), the first a derivate of ear (“earth”), the second from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz, from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h₂éyos.
Used in a sentence
“They generally occur in the earth in what are called veins, and are seldom found in the pure metallic state, but generally in combination with some other substance, in which state they are called ores.”
“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.”
“Stepnohirsk grew into a town from the village of Sukhoivanivka in the 1980s after vast deposits of manganese ore nearby were discovered.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer11 curated clues
01“Mineral rock”3 letters
02“Mine find with metal”3 letters
03“Mine rock with metal”3 letters
04“Mined metal source”3 letters
05“Mined rock”3 letters
06“Mined rock with metal”3 letters
07“Miner's raw find”3 letters
08“Rock mined for metal”3 letters
09“Rock with valuable metal”3 letters
10“Metal-bearing rock”3 letters
11“Mined mineral”3 letters
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