noun Download 🔗Share A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate. Examples : "Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara." geology material industry building place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry. Examples : "The construction company quarries limestone from the nearby hills to use in building roads. " geology material industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching. Examples : "They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri." geology industry job work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward. Examples : "After a successful hunt, the hounds were presented with the quarries as their well-deserved reward. " animal food sport tradition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted. Examples : "The farmer's dogs chased the rabbits, which are common quarries in his fields. " animal nature game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An object of search or pursuit. Examples : "The missing cat became one of many quarries for the neighborhood children, who searched everywhere to find her. " action thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. Examples : "The hawk circled above, ready to quarry the field mouse scurrying below. " animal action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone. Examples : "The mosaic on the backsplash used small quarries of colorful glass. " material architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
