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iron-ore

iron-ore is the alternative form of iron ore.

Meaning of iron ore

Noun

iron ore (countable and uncountable, plural iron ores)

  1. A mineral deposit from which iron can be viably extracted.
    • Paotow owes its chief prosperity to the coalfields of Shensi and Shansi, to iron ore at Paiyun-opo, ninety miles north towards the Gobi, together with the rail links eastwards to Peking and Manchuria.1966, Proceedings - Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, volumes 67-72, →OCLC, page 66

Forms of iron-ore

pluraliron-ores

Questions about iron-ore

What is iron-ore the alternative form of?
Iron-ore is the alternative form of iron ore.

Words near iron-ore in the dictionary

  1. iron-handedly
  2. iron-handedness
  3. iron-hearted
  4. iron-heartedness
  5. iron-montmorillonite
  6. iron-ore
  7. iron-ores
  8. iron-rich
  9. iron-shod
  10. iron-shot
  11. iron-sick

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