quarry
31quarry — quarry1 noun (plural quarries) a place, typically a large pit, from which stone or other materials may be extracted. verb (quarries, quarrying, quarried) extract from a quarry. ↘cut into (rock or ground) to obtain stone or other materials.… …
32quarry — 1. n. & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 an excavation made by taking stone etc. for building etc. from its bed. 2 a place from which stone etc. may be extracted. 3 a source of information, knowledge, etc. v. ( ies, ied) 1 tr. extract (stone) from a quarry. 2… …
33quarry — 1) an open pit for mining, often becoming filled with water when no longer mined and stocked with fish 2) an animal hunted or caught for food. Anglers often refer to fish as their quarry …
34quarry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. prey, game; catch, bag, take; target, pursuit; lode, bed, [stone]pit, mine; store, source. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A mine] Syn. excavation, shaft, vein, lode; see mine 1 . 2. [The hunted] Syn. game,… …
35quarry — An open pit or excavation from which stone is taken by cutting, digging or blasting. The most famous quarries for white marble are in Italy around Carrara. Here is a photo of see thumbnail to leftthe mountainous area in which Carrara s… …
36quarry — noun he would not allow his quarry to elude him Syn: prey, victim; object, goal, target; kill, game …
37quarry — I n 1. excavation, pit, mine, strip mine. v 2. quarry, mine, strip mine. II n game, hunted animal or bird, prey, raven, the hunted, object of the chase, victim, the kill …
38quarry — [ˈkwɒri] noun I 1) [C] a place where stone is dug up out of the ground 2) [singular] formal a person or animal that someone is trying to catch II verb [T] quarry [ˈkwɒri] to dig stone out of the ground …
39quarry — laužykla statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Vieta, kurioje imamas marmuras ar kitos uolienos (pvz., bazaltas, granitas, skalūnas). atitikmenys: angl. quarry; stone pit vok. Bruchstelle, m rus. место ломки, n …
40quarry — karjeras statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Specialiai įrengtas atvirasis kasinys, iš kurio atviruoju būdu išgaunamos naudingosios iškasenos: akmens anglys, rūdos, žvyras, smėlis, durpės, klintys ir kt. atitikmenys: angl.… …
