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IRON ORE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ore from which iron can be extracted
Classified under:
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)
