Usually means: Mineral source of metallic iron.
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  1. iron ore: Merriam-Webster
  2. iron ore: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. iron ore: Collins English Dictionary
  4. iron ore: Vocabulary.com
  5. Iron-Ore, Iron-ore, iron-ore, iron ore: Wordnik
  6. iron ore: Wiktionary
  7. Iron ore, iron ore: Dictionary.com
  8. Iron Ore (newspaper), Iron Ore, Iron-ore, Iron ore: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. iron ore: Rhymezone
  10. iron ore: FreeDictionary.org
  11. iron ore: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. iron ore: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Iron-ore, iron ore: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (iron ore)

▸ noun:  (mining) A mineral deposit from which iron can be viably extracted.

Similar:
iron mine, metal, ironmine, hardrock, ironstone, mineral, ironmaking, minette, iron, bog iron ore, more...

Opposite:
steel, metal, alloy

Types:
hematite, magnetite, limonite, siderite, pyrite, more...

Phrases:
magnetic iron ore, bog iron ore, octahedral iron ore, rhombohedral iron ore, titanic iron ore, more...

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Similar:
iron mine, metal, ironmine, hardrock, ironstone, mineral, ironmaking, minette, iron, bog iron ore, more...

Opposite:
steel, metal, alloy

Types:
hematite, magnetite, limonite, siderite, pyrite, more...

Phrases:
magnetic iron ore, bog iron ore, octahedral iron ore, rhombohedral iron ore, titanic iron ore, argillaceous iron ore, brown iron ore, green iron ore, Iron ore in Africa, Iron ore mining in Western Australia, more...



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