quarry
To obtain stone by extraction from a quarryTo obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
» This is an old rock quarry.
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3 senses(transitive)To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
(figuratively, transitive)To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.
ausgraben
To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
- extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
Examples
15 sentencesThis is an old rock quarry.
I have no quarry with you.
A century ago, gypsum quarries sat here.
deVor hundert Jahren waren hier Gipsbrüche. — Yorwba
What do they mine in this quarry?
He works in the quarry, breaking up rocks.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English quarere, from Medieval Latin quarreria (1266), literally a “place wherFrom Middle English quarere, from Medieval Latin quarreria (1266), literally a “place where stones are squared”, from Old French quarrière (compare modern French carrière), from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Latin quadrō (“to square”), itself from quadra (“a square”), from quattuor (“four”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).
From Middle English quyrre, querre, quirre, from Anglo-Norman quiree (“entrails of deer placed on the hide and given to dogs of the chase as a reward”) (influenced by cuir (“skin (of an animal)”), from Latin corium (“a hide”)), from coree (“entrails, viscera”), from Vulgar Latin corata (“entrails”), from Latin cor (“heart”).
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Forms
quarries, quarrying, quarried, quarriedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.