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Quarry

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To dig or take from a quarry: as, to quarry marble.
  • To pave with quarries. See quarry, 1 .
  • Square; quadrate.
  • Stout; fat; corpulent.
  • noun. A square or lozenge.
  • noun. A small square or lozenge-shaped pane of glass: same as quarrel, 1 .
  • noun. A bolt or arrow with a square head: same as quarrel, 2.
  • noun. The refuse parts of an animal slain in the chase, given in the skin to the hounds: as, to make the quarry (to open and skin the animal slain, and give the refuse to the hounds).
  • noun. A beast of the chase when pursued or slain; any creature hunted by men or by beasts or birds of prey, especially after it has been killed.
  • noun. Hunted or slaughtered game, or any object of eager pursuit.
  • noun. A place, cavern, or pit where stones are dug from the earth, or separated, as by blasting with gunpowder, from a large mass of rock.
  • To prey, as a vulture or harpy.
  • To provide with prey.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as 1st quarrel.
  • transitive verb. To dig or take from a quarry.
  • adjective. Quadrate; square.
  • noun. A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th mine (a).
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.
  • noun. A heap of game killed.
  • noun. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.
  • intransitive verb. To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A diamond-shaped tile or pane, notably of glass or stone
  • noun. An animal which is hunted, notably mammal or bird.
  • noun. An object of search or pursuit.
  • noun. A site for mining stone, limestone or slate.
  • verb. To obtain (mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
  • verb. (transitive) To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
  • noun. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
  • noun. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
  • noun. animal hunted or caught for food
  • Word Usage
    "The base of the quarry is the only flat part of the site and this is used for car access and the entrance to the house."
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Corey  Corrie  Cory  Dorey  Dorrie  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bluff  boulder  canyon  cavern  chasm  
    Synonym
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    abysm  abyss  aim  avulse  bank  
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    mine  quarrel  quarried  
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