IRON ORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iron ore mean? 

• IRON ORE (noun)
  The noun IRON ORE has 1 sense:

1. an ore from which iron can be extracted

  Familiarity information: IRON ORE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRON ORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ore from which iron can be extracted

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("iron ore" is a kind of...):

ore (a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined)

Meronyms (substance of "iron ore"):

atomic number 26; Fe; iron (a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "iron ore"):

goethite; gothite (a red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust)

chamosite (a greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum)

taconite (a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore)

haematite; hematite (the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form)

lepidocrocite (a red to reddish brown mineral consisting of iron oxide hydroxide; often found in iron ores together with goethite)

limonite (a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite)

magnetic iron-ore; magnetite (an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets)

raddle; reddle; ruddle (a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking)

chalybite; siderite (iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate)