quarry

[US]/'kwɒrɪ/
[UK]/'kwɔri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a place where stone, knowledge, or prey is plentiful; a square piece of glass
vt. to extract from a quarry; to uncover information
vi. to extract stone in a quarry

Phrases & Collocations

abandoned quarry

quarry worker

quarrying equipment

stone quarry

quarry explosion

quarry site

quarrying process

quarry owner

quarry waste management

quarry bay

limestone quarry

Example Sentences

a quarry of knowledge

quarry many old manuscripts

The police lost their quarry in the crowd.

the poetry was mainly seen as a quarry for gobbets.

quarry out a huge block of stone

The hunters brought their quarry to bay.

found the book an indispensable quarry of information.

Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations.

The policeman watched his quarry go into a bar.

He spent much time in quarrying in old records.

we changed the flagstones for quarry tiles.

blasting reverberated by quarry walls.

quarry tiles and faded rugs complete the look.

Their sleek, unmarred pelts are prime quarry for seal hunters.

Most of the quarries are under the control of the state-owned Tamil Nadu Minerals Ltd (TAMIN) and most of TAMIN's quarries are lying unoperated, says Mr N.

Villagers in the Mexican state of Veracruz discovered the tablet sometime before 1999, while quarrying an ancient Olmec mound for road-building material.

Ceramic Floor Tiles, Quarry Tiles, Glazed Guarry Tile, Countertop and Backsplash Tiles, Handpainted Tiles, Marble Tiles, Marble Borders, and Tumbled Borders Marble

Real-world Examples

But how can they catch their quarries?

Source: Beautiful China

Have you located our quarry, Mr. Reese?

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 2

We filled the quarry with cardboard boxes which were there to catch a motorcycle.

Source: Selected Film and Television News

The headquarters were originally an abandoned quarry surrounded by mountains on three sides.

Source: Global Times Reading Selection

Frank Sattler? Decent guy, still got a couple operational quarries up in Roane.

Source: Stranger Things Season 1

Dave would then grab the gun he'd carefully hidden and start to follow his quarry.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

But the good investigator never rules out the possibility that one's quarry is a fool.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

Maybe you're the real quarry and he's only hunting me to throw you off the scent.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 5

In 1878, Marsh bought an especially promising quarry in Como Bluff, Wyoming, from two frontier collectors.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Have you made contact with your quarry?

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 2

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