| Front | quarry |
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| Back | quarry noun, verb BrE /ˈkwɒri/ NAmE /ˈkwɔːri/ NAmE /ˈkwɑːri/ noun word origin (pl. quarries) 1 [countable] a place where large amounts of stone, etc. are dug out of the ground a slate quarry the site of a disused quarry compare mine n. (1) 2 [singular] an animal or a person that is being hunted or followed prey The hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest. The photographers pursued their quarry through the streets. verb verb forms word origin (quar•ries, quarry•ing, quar•ried, quar•ried) [transitive, intransitive] to take stone, etc. out of a quarry ~ sth (from/out of sth) The local rock is quarried from the hillside. ~ (for) sth The area is being quarried for limestone. quarry•ing /BrE ; NAmE / noun [uncountable] There has been quarrying in the area for centuries. |
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