oreshoot

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noun

An elongated body of ore that follows a vein.

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Meanings

nounoreshoot (plural oreshoots)

plural oreshoots

  1. geographyAn elongated body of ore that follows a vein.

    In the Northern Pennine orefield, the oreshoots may be classified into two principal types (i) vein oreshoots, developed by mineralisation along fissures which seldom deviate more than 20° from the vertical where they […]

    1990, Kingsley Charles Dunham, Geology of the Northern Pennine Orefield, volume 2, page 65

Origin

From ore + shoot.

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oreshoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oreshoot

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Chicago

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