"iron ore" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: iron ores [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} iron ore (countable and uncountable, plural iron ores)
  1. (mining) A mineral deposit from which iron can be viably extracted. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Iron, Minerals, Mining Synonyms: iron-ore, ironore [rare] Translations (ore containing iron): خَام اَلْحَدِيد (ḵām al-ḥadīd) [masculine] (Arabic), 鐵礦 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁矿 (tiěkuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 鐵礦石 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁矿石 (tiěkuàngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), železná ruda [feminine] (Czech), jernmalm [common-gender] (Danish), ijzererts (Dutch), fererco (Esperanto), ferŝtono (Esperanto), rautamalmi (Finnish), minerai de fer [masculine] (French), Eisenerz [neuter] (German), fer-erco (Ido), iarnmhian [feminine] (Irish), amhiarann [masculine] (Irish), minerale ferroso [masculine] (Italian), 鉄鉱 (tekkō) (alt: てっこう) (Japanese), 鉄鉱石 (tekkōseki) (alt: てっこうせき) (Japanese), 철광석 (cheolgwangseok) (Korean), iezerèrs (Limburgish), төмрийн хүдэр (tömriin xüder) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠦᠳᠡᠷ (temür-ün küder) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), tsé ndaaz (Navajo), jernmalm [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), jarnmalm [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), jernmalm [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ruda żelaza [feminine] (Polish), minério de ferro [masculine] (Portuguese), желе́зная руда́ (želéznaja rudá) [feminine] (Russian), mineral de hierro [masculine] (Spanish), järnmalm [common-gender] (Swedish), залізна руда́ (zalizna rudá) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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