magnetic iron-ore

1. 1.

   an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets

   Synonymsmagnetite

   Broaderiron ore

Questions about magnetic iron-ore

What does magnetic iron-ore mean?

magnetic iron-ore means "an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets".

What is another word for magnetic iron-ore?

Close synonyms include magnetite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is magnetic iron-ore a common word?

magnetic iron-ore is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.