QUARRY

Quarry

A quarry is a place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate has been excavated from the ground. A quarry is distinctly different from an open-pit mine from which minerals are extracted. An example of this difference between quarrying and mining would be that limestone is quarried whereas the mineral lime is mined.

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quarry

Noun

  1. A site for mining stone, limestone or slate.
    ''Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. An animal which is hunted, notably mammal or bird.
  2. A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds.
  3. An object of search or pursuit.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A diamond-shaped tile or pane, notably of glass or stone

Verb

  1. To obtain (mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
    ''Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.
  2. To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
    ''They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.


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