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quarrying::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | production |
| Derivation | quarry |
Examples of quarrying
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The effects of this depression on the quarrying districts were deep and painful.
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The word quarry can include underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.
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Quarrying is highly mechanised, and a low employer as a percentage of outlays.
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Immediately thereafter, the quarrying of basalt began, which continued until 2003.
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Quarrying of blue lias is still undertaken at Charlton Mackrell and Charlton Adam.
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The broken obelisk was left at its quarrying site in Aswan, where it still remains.
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Local quarrying of some materials was used to supplement the construction industry.
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But then in the mid-1990s, BHP reverted to quarrying at the expense of steel making.
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In the tribal areas, other militants have derived funds from quarrying marble as well.
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- 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...
