Definition of "ores" []

• Plural form of ore. (noun)

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• "You have in those northern streams waterpowers that can be used in due time to electrify the T. & N.O., and (when the electrical smelting of lowgrade ores is perfected) will be available for the treating of the enormous mineral resources of that north country."
• "Within twenty-five years instead of all our iron men using the rich Lake Superior ores from the south of the Lake they will begin to have to use other ores, and many of our ores, at present hardly of a quality to compete, are being looked to, and we find our American brethren are recognizing that."
• "What breaks down the ores is a bacterium in the worm's stomach."