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1. • • a person or animal being hunted or looked for: The dogs pursued their quarry into an empty warehouse.
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   What is a quarry noun?

   • 2[singular]an animal or a person that is being hunted or followedsynonympreyThe hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest.The photographers pursued their quarry through the streets. Definition of quarry noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What is a person's or animal's quarry?

   • Farming, quarrying and other local industries have declined. A person's or animal's quarry is the person or animal that they are hunting. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   Why is a hole called a quarry?

   • An animal being hunted is called quarry, and when you dig a hole in the earth looking for rocks, both the digging and the hole are called quarry as well. Gross fact: Quarry derives from the Latin cor "heart," because hunters used to drape the entrails of their chosen quarry on their dogs' backs.

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   What is a stone quarry?

   • A quarry is an area that is dug out from a piece of land or mountainside in order to extract stone, slate, or minerals. ...the biggest stone quarry in the country. When stone or minerals are quarried or when an area is quarried for them, they are removed from the area by digging, drilling, or using explosives.

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   A quarry is an area that is dug out from a piece of land or mountainside in order to extract stone, slate, or minerals.

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     A quarry is an area that is dug out from a piece of land or...

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     A square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tile.... Click for...

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     A quarry where marble is extracted.... Click for English...

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     A quarry where slate is mined.... Click for English...

   • Quarrington

     2 meanings: → another name for quarenden a dark-red dessert...

   • Quarries Definition and Meaning

     2 meanings: 1. → see quarry1 (sense 3), quarry1 (sense 4),...

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   An animal being hunted is called quarry, and when you dig a hole in the earth looking for rocks, both the digging and the hole are called quarry as well. Gross fact: Quarry derives from the Latin cor "heart," because hunters used to drape the entrails of their chosen quarry on their dogs' backs.

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   a person or animal being hunted or looked for: The dogs pursued their quarry into an empty warehouse. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. quarry. verb [ T ] uk / ˈkwɒr.i / us / ˈkwɔːr.i /

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7. www.britannica.com › dictionary › quarryQuarry Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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   1. a. A hunted animal; prey. b. Hunted animals considered as a group; game. 2. An object of pursuit: The police lost their quarry in the crowd.

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   [singular] an animal or a person that is being hunted or followed synonym prey The hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest. The photographers pursued their quarry through the streets. See quarry in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: quarry. Definition of quarry noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

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    a person or animal being hunted or looked for: The dogs pursued their quarry into an empty warehouse . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases