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     • What does the noun quarry mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun quarry, four of which are labelled obsolete.
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   How many meanings does the noun quarry have?

   • There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun quarry, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the noun quarry? About 1 occurrence per million words in modern written English How is the noun quarry pronounced? Where does the noun quarry come from?

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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.

   QUARRY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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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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   What does the noun quarry mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun quarry , four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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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. /ˈkwɔri/ IPA guide. 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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   The meaning of QUARRY is game; specifically : game hunted with hawks. How to use quarry in a sentence.

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   A complete guide to the word "QUARRY": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

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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.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › quarryQUARRY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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