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- Dictionaryquarry/ˈkwɒri/
noun
- 1. a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted: "a limestone quarry"
verb
- 1. extract (stone or other materials) from a quarry: "limestone is quarried for use in blast furnaces"
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1. To obtain (stone) from a quarry, as by cutting, digging, or blasting. 2. To extract (facts, for example) by long, careful searching: finally quarried out the genealogy from hundreds of sources. 3. To use (land) as a quarry.
Quarry definition: an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.. See examples of QUARRY used in a sentence.
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence. synonyms: fair game, prey, target. see more. noun. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate. synonyms: pit, stone pit. see more. verb. extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry. “ quarry marble”
Quarrying is the process of removing rock, sand, gravel or other minerals from the ground in order to use them to produce materials for construction or other uses. So, a quarry is any such working on the surface of the earth where minerals are extracted.
Verb. Filter. noun. quarries. An animal that is being hunted down, esp. with dogs or hawks; prey. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Anything being hunted or pursued. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. An object of pursuit. The police lost their quarry in the crowd. American Heritage. Similar definitions.
A quarry is a type of open pit mine that is used to get rocks and minerals from the ground. Quarries are often used to cut stone from the ground in large pieces or blocks. These are called dimension stones. They are used for building things.
noun A place, cavern, or pit where stones are dug from the earth, or separated, as by blasting with gunpowder, from a large mass of rock. To dig or take from a quarry: as, to quarry marble. Square; quadrate. Stout; fat; corpulent. noun A square or lozenge.
The first definition of quarry in the dictionary is an open surface excavation for the extraction of building stone, slate, marble, etc, by drilling, blasting, or cutting. Other definition of quarry is a copious source of something, esp information.
part of speech: noun. inflections: quarries. definition: a large open hole or pit dug for mining stone, marble, gravel, or the like. A bulldozer was clearing earth and sand from the floor of the quarry. related words: mine, pit.
definition: a large open hole or pit dug for mining stone, marble, gravel, or the like. Work in the quarry had ceased long ago, and its huge expanse had filled with water from rain and underground springs.
