iron ore

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   an ore from which iron can be extracted

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Questions about iron ore

What does iron ore mean?

iron ore means "an ore from which iron can be extracted".

Is iron ore a common word?

iron ore is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.