Phrase guide

iron ore

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A mineral deposit from which iron can be viably extracted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, mining

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ore

2

noun

Meaning 2

an ore from which iron can be extracted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ore

Narrower terms: goethite, gothite, chamosite, taconite, hematite, haematite, lepidocrocite, limonite, magnetite, magnetic iron-ore, ruddle, reddle, raddle, siderite, chalybite

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَام اَلْحَدِيد (ḵām al-ḥadīd) — ore containing iron
  • Bulgarian: желязна руда (željazna ruda) — ore containing iron
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐵礦 /铁矿 (tiěkuàng) — ore containing iron
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐵礦石 /铁矿石 (tiěkuàngshí) — ore containing iron
  • Czech: železná ruda — ore containing iron
  • Danish: jernmalm — ore containing iron
  • Dutch: ijzererts — ore containing iron
  • Esperanto: fererco — ore containing iron
  • Esperanto: ferŝtono — ore containing iron
  • Finnish: rautamalmi — ore containing iron
  • French: minerai de fer — ore containing iron
  • German: Eisenerz — ore containing iron
  • Ido: fer-erco — ore containing iron
  • Irish: iarnmhian — ore containing iron
  • Irish: amhiarann — ore containing iron
  • Italian: minerale ferroso — ore containing iron
  • Japanese: 鉄鉱 (tekkō) — ore containing iron
  • Japanese: 鉄鉱石 (tekkōseki) — ore containing iron
  • Korean: 철광석 (cheolgwangseok) — ore containing iron
  • Limburgish: iezerèrs — ore containing iron
  • Mongolian: төмрийн хүдэр (tömriin xüder) — ore containing iron
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠦᠳᠡᠷ (temür-ün küder) — ore containing iron
  • Navajo: tsé ndaaz — ore containing iron
  • Navajo: chííh dootłʼizh — ore containing iron
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jernmalm — ore containing iron
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jarnmalm — ore containing iron
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jernmalm — ore containing iron
  • Persian: سنگ آهن (sing âhan) — ore containing iron
  • Polish: ruda żelaza — ore containing iron
  • Portuguese: minério de ferro — ore containing iron
  • Russian: желе́зная руда́ (želéznaja rudá) — ore containing iron
  • Sikkimese: ལྕགས་ཏེར (lcags ter) — ore containing iron
  • Spanish: mineral de hierro — ore containing iron
  • Swedish: järnmalm — ore containing iron
  • Turkish: demir cevheri — ore containing iron
  • Ukrainian: залізна руда́ (zalizna rudá) — ore containing iron