quarry
21quarry — quarry1 quarriable, quarryable, adj. /kwawr ee, kwor ee/, n., pl. quarries, v., quarried, quarrying. n. 1. an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. 2. an… …
22quarry — 1. noun a) A site for mining stone, limestone or slate. Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world famous quarry at Carrara b) An animal which is hunted, notably mammal or bird …
23Quarry — This very interesting medieval English surname can be either a nickname or an occupational surname. If the former it is a development of the pre 7th century Olde English word quarre meaning a person with chiselled or stony features, or if the… …
24quarry — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Quarry is used before these nouns: ↑tile Quarry is used after these nouns: ↑chalk, ↑marble, ↑rock {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Quarry is used with these nouns as the object: ↑marble …
25quarry — quar|ry1 [ kwɔri ] noun 1. ) count a place where stone is dug up out of the ground. A place where coal or MINERALS are dug up is called a mine: a slate/limestone quarry 2. ) singular FORMAL a person or animal that someone is trying to find or… …
26quarry — [[t]kwɒ̱ri, AM kwɔ͟ːri[/t]] quarries, quarrying, quarried 1) N COUNT A quarry is an area that is dug out from a piece of land or the side of a mountain in order to get stone or minerals. ...an old limestone quarry. 2) VERB When stone or minerals… …
27quarry — 1 noun (C) 1 a place where large amounts of stone, sand etc are dug out of the ground: a slate quarry compare mine 2 (1) 2 (singular) the person or animal that you are hunting or chasing: The police saw the empty room and knew their quarry had… …
28quarry — I quar•ry [[t]ˈkwɔr i, ˈkwɒr i[/t]] n. pl. ries, 1) bui min an excavation or pit, usu. open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc 2) an abundant source or supply 3) bui min to obtain from …
29quarry — I. /ˈkwɒri / (say kworee) noun (plural quarries) 1. an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. –verb (t) (quarried, quarrying) 2. to obtain (stone, etc.)… …
30quarry — {{11}}quarry (n.1) what is hunted, early 14c., quirre entrails of deer placed on the hide and given to dogs of the chase as a reward, from Anglo Fr. quirreie, O.Fr. cuiriee, altered (by influence of O.Fr. cuir skin, from L. corium hide ), from… …
