verb🔗ShareTo obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry."The company is quarrying limestone from the hillside to use in building construction. "geologyindustrymaterialbuildingarchitectureworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching."They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri."geologyindustrymaterialbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy."The hawk was quarrying a mouse in the field. "animalnatureactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry."After the quarrying, the sculptor swept away the tiny stone fragments to reveal the emerging statue. "geologymaterialbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
