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quarry::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pit, stone pit |
| Type of | excavation |
| Has types | gravel pit, chalk pit, chalkpit |
a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'.
Examples of quarry
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For $2 you can take a dip in an old, spring-fed limestone quarry pool in Tenino.
From the thenewstribune.com
Once Mafatlal identified Valentino as her quarry, she had some persuading to do.
From the time.com
The site was used as a quarry by the Spaniards to build the cathedrals of Cusco.
From the theatlantic.com
Crews set off a series of blasts earlier this month at a quarry known as DNM 16.
From the sltrib.com
Guernsey's government says it has spent thousands trying to clean up the quarry.
From the guardian.co.uk
Ken AngielczykAmphibian skull discovered by Juan Cisneros at the Nazaria quarry.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
The pictures it has been gathering will help guide the spacecraft to its quarry.
From the newscientist.com
And when you quarry rock, you create a lot of dust, which isn't easy to dispose.
From the npr.org
A fossil of the bird, Rahona ostromi, was found in a small quarry in Madagascar.
From the newscientist.com
- Extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"
- Prey: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"
- Pit: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
- Prey: animal hunted or caught for food
- (quarrying) the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry
- A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. ...
- Quarry is a novel by Ally Kennen published in February 2011. Until the delivering date, the book was planned to be called "Rites", but on February 27th, 2010, the name was officially changed to "Quarry".
- The Quarry is the main recreational park in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The park was created in 1719 and encompasses 23 acres. ...
- Quarries - (1.) The "Royal Quarries" (see Zedekiah's Cave) u2014 not found in Scripture u2014 is the name given to the vast caverns stretching far underneath the northern hill, Bezetha, on which Jerusalem is built. Out of these mammoth caverns stones, a hard limestone, were quarried in the past for buildings in the city, and for the temples of Solomon, Zerubbabel, and Herod...
