verb Download 🔗Share To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry. Examples : "The company is quarrying limestone from the hillside to use in building construction. " geology industry material building architecture work 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 material building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. Examples : "The hawk was quarrying a mouse in the field. " animal nature action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry. Examples : "After the quarrying, the sculptor swept away the tiny stone fragments to reveal the emerging statue. " geology material building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading