Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ore dressing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables: ore -dress-ing
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any treatment of an ore used to concentrate its valuable constituents (minerals) into products (concentrate) of smaller bulk, and simultaneously to collect the worthless material (gangue) into discardable waste (tailings).

Synonyms

mineral extraction mineral processing mineral dressing ore processing beneficiation

Questions

What does ore dressing mean?: Any treatment of an ore used to concentrate its valuable constituents (minerals) into products (concentrate) of smaller bulk, and simultaneously to collect the worthless material (gangue) into discardable waste (tailings).

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