ores is a form of:

Ore



noun
1.
(native mineral from which metals extracted) រ៉ែ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
Metal; as, the liquid ore.
2.
Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry.
3.
The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).
4.
A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.