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   quarry

   /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"
   • ▪ cut into (rock or ground) to obtain stone or other materials: "the hillside had been quarried for many years"

   Word Origin Middle English: from a variant of medieval Latin quareria, from Old French quarriere, based on Latin quadrum ‘a square’. The verb dates from the late 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. quarrier noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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   What is the meaning of quarry?

   • Other forms: quarries; quarried; quarrying Both meanings of quarry have to do with going after something. 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.

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   What does mining & quarrying mean?

   • 1. (Mining & Quarrying) an open surface excavation for the extraction of building stone, slate, marble, etc, by drilling, blasting, or cutting 3. (Mining & Quarrying) to extract (stone, slate, etc) from or as if from a quarry 4. (Mining & Quarrying) ( tr) to excavate a quarry in

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   What does quarey mean in English?

   • Middle English quarey, an altered form of quarrere "a place for digging stones for use in building," from Latin quadrus "hewn stone," literally, "squared stone," from Latin quadrum "a square" The quarry a hunter chases is not related to the quarry that supplies building stones.

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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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   QUARRY definition: 1. a large artificial hole in the ground where stone, sand, etc. is dug for use as building…. Learn more.

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     QUARRY meaning: 1. a large artificial hole in the ground...

   • Znaczenie Quarry, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     quarry definicja: 1. a large artificial hole in the ground...

   • Quarry: Polish Translation

     QUARRY translate: kamieniołom, kamieniołom, wydobywać...

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     quarry translate: pedrera. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     QUARRY translate: cantera, cantera [feminine, singular],...

   • Quarry: Russian Translation

     QUARRY translate: каменоломня, карьер . Learn more in the...

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   Both meanings of quarry have to do with going after something. 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.

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