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iron ores

iron ores is the plural 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

Questions about iron ores

What is iron ores the plural of?
Iron ores is the plural of iron ore.

Words near iron ores in the dictionary

  1. iron montmorillonite
  2. iron mould
  3. Iron Mountain
  4. iron oak
  5. iron ore
  6. iron ores
  7. iron out
  8. iron oxide
  9. iron oxides
  10. Iron Pot Creek
  11. iron pyrite

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