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Quarry and Quarrying

Quarry and Quarrying (Farrell Grenan/Photo Researchers, Inc.)

Quarry and Quarrying, open excavation from which any useful stone is extracted for building, chemical, and engineering purposes, and the operations...

Mining : Quarries

Quarries are similar in most ways to open pits, and the equipment used is the same. The difference is that the materials mined are normally...

"Millom Old Quarry" (quotations): Work: They dug ten streets from that hole there,"…

They dug ten streets from that hole there,' he said,
Hard on five hundred houses.

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- open area for mining: an open excavation from which stone or other material is extracted by blasting, cutting, or drilling
- source: a rich source of something
- obtain something from quarry: to extract stone or other material from a quarry
- use place for extracting stone: to make a quarry in a place such...

- hunted animal or bird: an animal or bird that is hunted
- object of pursuit: somebody or something that is chased or hunted by another

- square shape: a square or diamond shape
- something square or diamond-shaped: something with a square or diamond shape, e.g. a pane of glass in a latticed window

Translations for "quarry (1)" English-Spanish

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Marble Quarry (Farrell Grenan/Photo Researchers, Inc.)

Pumice quarry, Lipari (Farabolafoto)

Pumice quarry, Lipari

Marble Quarry, Tajikistan (RIA-NOVOSTI/SOVFOTO-EASTFOTO)

Marble Quarry, Tajikistan

Marble quarry, Carrara (SCALA, Florence)

Marble quarry, Carrara

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