quarry
🇺🇸
/ˈkwɑːri/
🇬🇧
/ˈkwɒri/
noun
R
A place where stone or other materials are excavated from the ground.
We went to the quarry to find different kinds of rocks.
R
A person or animal that is being pursued or hunted.
The fox was the quarry of the hunting dogs.
verb
R
To excavate stone or other materials from the ground.
The workers quarried marble from the hillside for the new monument.
translation
A place where stone or other materials are excavated from the ground.; A person or animal that is being pursued or hunted.
To excavate stone or other materials from the ground.
Word Forms
3rd Present
quarries
Past
quarried
Perfect
quarried
Progressive
quarrying
Plural
quarries